usurpation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
entry to another's property without right or permission
Types & categories
- wrongful conduct hypernym
- inroad hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority)
a succession of generals who ruled by usurpation
Types & categories
- capture hypernym
Related & opposite
- take over derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | encroach |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | irrupt |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | desecrate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | trespass |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | wrongful conduct |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | inroad |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | take over |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | capture |