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supersession

[ soo-per-sesh-uhn ]

noun

  1. the act of superseding.
  2. the state of being superseded.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of supersession1

1650–60; < Medieval Latin supersessiōn- (stem of supersessiō ), equivalent to Latin supersess ( us ) (past participle of supersedēre to supersede ) + -iōn- -ion; session
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Example Sentences

Electric tramcars, in supersession of horse-traction, run through the city and suburbs since April 10, 1905.

We realise that the foregoing recommendations amount to the complete supersession of the Poor Law, and, indeed, to its abolition.

He tries to find them in the supposed infidelity of his wife with Othello and in his supersession by Cassio.

If such rapid supersession be the law, who can expect in departing to leave footprints in the annals of so shifting a science?

He was accustomed to imagine it lighted and warmed by a presence out of Heaven—that presence was in danger of supersession.

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