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Antonyms for de motion


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dih-moht
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈmoʊt



Definition of de motion

Origin :
  • 1881, American English coinage from de- + stem of promote. Said to have been Midwestern in origin.
  • Regarding an antithesis to 'promote,' the word universally in use in Cambridge, in Harvard College, is drop. The same word is in use in the leading schools here (Boston). I hope I may be counted every time against such barbarisms as 'demote' and 'retromote.' [Edward Everett Hale, 1892, letter to the publishers of "Funk & Wagnalls' Standard Dictionary"]
  • Related: Demoted; demoting.
  • As in demotion : noun a demoting
  • As in comedown : noun letdown, blow
  • As in degradation : noun depravity, shame
Example sentences :
  • "De motion, as de cheer un'erstands it, are to dismiss Sist' Esmeraldy Humphreys an' shet de do's on her," said the chairman.
  • Extract from : « Stories That End Well » by Octave Thanet

Synonyms for de motion

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