"supplantation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: supplantations [plural]
Etymology: * supplant + -ation * Contrast French supplantation, Latin supplantatio (“hypocritical deceit”) Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|supplant|ation}} supplant + -ation, {{cog|fr|supplantation}} French supplantation, {{cog|la|supplantatio||hypocritical deceit}} Latin supplantatio (“hypocritical deceit”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} supplantation (countable and uncountable, plural supplantations)
  1. The act of supplanting. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-supplantation-en-noun-BF7g1aZv
  2. The condition of having been displaced. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (Translations): suplantación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-supplantation-en-noun-1BMXyvpo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: displacement, supplantment

Inflected forms

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