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demoted

[dih-moht]

Origin

verb (used with object), -mot·ed, -mot·ing.

to reduce to a lower grade, rank, class, or position (opposed to promote): They demoted the careless waiter to busboy.

Origin:
1890–95, Americanism; de- + (pro)mote

Related forms

de·mo·tion, noun

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demote

1893, Amer.Eng. coinage from de- + (pro)mote. The original reference describes it as "used generally in that section of the country" (Iowa, U.S.A.), which implies an earlier date. Related: Demotion (1901).

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"If there is a price to pay for the privilege of spending the early years of child rearing in the driver's seat, it is our reluctance, our inability, to tolerate being demoted to the backseat. Spurred by our success in programming our children during the preschool years, we may find it difficult to forgo in later states the level of control that once afforded us so much satisfaction."

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