supplanting

Thân thiện

The new technology is supplanting the old system in the office.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The act of taking the place of another, especially using underhanded tactics: "Supplanting" refers to the action of displacing or replacing someone or something, often through stealth, scheming, or unfair means.

Usage

• "Supplanting" is used as a formal or literary term to describe a replacement that is not straightforward or honest. It often implies a deliberate, cunning effort to remove a rival or predecessor from a position of power, favor, or use.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The king feared the supplanting of his heir by a younger, more popular noble.
  • The new software led to the gradual supplanting of the old system within the company.
  • Her research focuses on the cultural supplanting of indigenous traditions by colonial practices.

Advanced Usage

• "The supplanting of X by Y": A common structure used to formally describe the process where Y replaces X.
  • The report detailed the supplanting of fossil fuels by renewable energy sources.

Variants and Related Words

• Supplant (verb): To replace, especially by force, scheming, or treachery.
  • The old dictator was supplanted by a military junta.
• Supplanter (noun): A person who supplants another.

Synonyms

• Replacement: The general act of taking the place of something else.
• Displacement: The action of moving something from its place or position.
• Usurpation: The act of taking someone's position of power or importance illegally or by force (strongly implies illegitimacy).
• Ousting: The act of driving out or expelling someone from a position.

Antonyms

• Reinstatement: The action of restoring someone to a former position.
• Continuation: The act of carrying on or persisting without replacement.

Học thuật

Noun

1. act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics

Từ đồng nghĩa

• displacement