dethronement

Examples

• All

• Dom Leopoldo Agostino and half a dozen things more, who has just met here, in his voyage around the world in a Brazilian warship, the news of his grandfather Dom Pedro's dethronement and exile.

  Blog text (22)

• Mostly at issue, Hugo sensed, was the matter of power—a shifting of power and a dethronement.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Even though Henry belittles ceremony, he relies on a pattern of augmentation that could almost be viewed as the pendant of Falstaff's kenosis, the principle of restriction underlying his dethronement of honor in 1 Henry IV: "What is honour?

  Academic text (1997)

• No one really claims enduring greatness for Frantz Fanon, Toni Morrison, or Rigoberta Menchu; their presence in the core curriculum attests to the dethronement of that standard.

  Academic text (1996)

• The Brit royals deserve dethronement and replacement by the Stuart claimant (in Italy) because they refuse to exert a political influence and batten off the taxes of their poor subjects, to whom they have no allegiance.

  Blog text (7)

• Many historians discuss the significance of the dethronement as a turning point in the country's politics.

• The sudden dethronement of the dictator sparked celebrations among the citizens.

Synonyms

R

removal

vsdethronement

• Formal

97 3.4

Taking someone out of an official job because they did something wrong

is used mainly for officials generally rather than focusing on rulers

O

overthrow

vsdethronement

29 6.1

The removal of a leader or government from power, often by force

can be used for removing rulers without stressing violent force

O

ouster

vsdethronement

19 7.4

Removing someone from a place like a home by force or law

focuses specifically on removing rulers or leaders rather than on property or rights

D

deposition

vsdethronement

• Formal

1 8.4

Removing someone from a position of power

focuses specifically on taking rulers or leaders out of power

O

ousting

vsdethronement

1 7.0

To remove someone from a job or role, often by force

is about removing rulers or leaders rather than any person or place

D

deposal

vsdethronement

• Archaic

8.3

Removing someone from a position of power

focuses more on removing rulers or leaders specifically rather than any official

Antonyms

E

enthronement

• Formal

1 9.0

A formal ceremony that places a new king or queen on the throne

How Forceful

overthrow

29 6.1

dethronement

1 8.2

deposition

• Formal

1 8.4

removal

• Formal

97 3.4

dismissal

49 3.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology