Demotion
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verb (used with object), de·mot·ed, de·mot·ing.
to reduce to a lower grade, rank, class, or position (opposed to promote ): They demoted the careless waiter to busboy.
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demote (dɪˈməʊt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| (tr) to lower in rank or position; relegate | |
| [C19: from | |
| de'motion | |
| —n | |
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| demote (dɪˈməʊt) | |
| —vb | |
| (tr) to lower in rank or position; relegate | |
| [C19: from | |
| de'motion | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
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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Example sentences
The only exception would be a medical demotion or a medical transfer.
The demotion of one device is, potentially, the promotion of a bunch of others.
Fiction's current willingness to take wild liberties with the past may well come from a sense of its own cultural demotion.
Finally, in no case may an employee's name remain on a redeployment list longer than six months following suspension or demotion.
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