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
- "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
- abasement
- anticlimax
- blow
- collapse
- comeuppance
- crash
- cropper
- debasement
- decadence
- decline
- defeat
- deflation
- degeneracy
- degeneration
- degradation
- demotion
- derogation
- descent
- deterioration
- disappointment
- discomfiture
- discredit
- disgrace
- dishonor
- dive
- down
- downfall
- downgrading
- evil
- failure
- fall
- flop
- humiliation
- ignominy
- lowering
- mortification
- perversion
- pratfall
- reduction
- reverse
- ruin
- setback
- undoing
- wreck
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