单词 | supplantment |
释义 | supplantmentn. The action of supplanting a person or thing, or the state of being supplanted. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > supplanting or replacement > [noun] supplantingc1350 supplanta1393 supplantariea1393 supplantation1563 displantinga1616 succeeding1644 replacement1743 supplantment1756 supersedure1758 supersedence1772 supersession1796 substitution1829 displacement1869 supplantal1891 1756 Ess. on Times 37 Such a confederacy..having just sense enough to discern one another's weakness, which each individual looked upon as his own security from rivalship, or favorable to his schemes of supplantment. 1857 Brit. Controversialist New Ser. 4 149 Charlemagne had another son Pepin, by his first wife, who did not relish this supplantment, and so far resented it, as to head a conspiracy against his father. 1912 Blackwood's Mag. Nov. 653/1 The hussar and the lancer have no reason to regard their supplantment by flying corps as a dire calamity. 1963 C. A. Chambers Seedtime of Reform vii. 155 Charitable assistance..required supplantment by positive welfare measures. 2008 R. L. Schiff Mil. & Domest. Politics ii. 22 Other forms of domestic military intervention can involve ‘supplantment’ or ‘displacement’ of a civilian regime by threatening or blackmailing the government. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1756 |
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