Demotion

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Reduction in rank or relative position in any series or class: opposed to promotion.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. an act of demoting; a lowering of rank or status
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. act of lowering in rank or position
  • Word Usage
    "She avoided the term 'demotion' and stopped just short of saying Mr. Bloy's appointment to cabinet was a mistake."
    Antonyms
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    promotion  
    Hypernym
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    change  
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