SUPERSESSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does supersession mean? 

• SUPERSESSION (noun)
  The noun SUPERSESSION has 1 sense:

1. act of replacing one person or thing by another especially one held to be superior

  Familiarity information: SUPERSESSION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPERSESSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Act of replacing one person or thing by another especially one held to be superior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

supersedure; supersession

Hypernyms ("supersession" is a kind of...):

replacement; replacing (the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another)

Derivation:

supersede (take the place or move into the position of)