dethronement

English

Etymology

From dethrone +‎ -ment.

Noun

dethronement (plural dethronements)

  1. Removal from a superior place in a hierarchy.
    Synonym: disenthronement
    • 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 240:
      I felt the first inkling of a thing that presently grew quite clear in my mind, that oppressed me for many days, a sense of dethronement, a persuasion that I was no longer a master, but an animal among the animals, under the Martian heel.

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