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supersession
noun[ U ]
formaluk /ˌsuː.pəˈseʃ.ən/ us /ˌsuː.pɚˈseʃ.ən/
the act of replacing something, especially something older or more old-fashioned:
supersession of someone/something by someone/somethingThe supersession of agricultural labourers by skilled men with machinery had the effect of concentrating people in large cities.
The old battles for supremacy and supersession are felt today in a subtler form.
Late capitalism was at the stage which preceded its final collapse and supersession by communism.
Cultural historians will explore the supersession of his interest in perfection by his belief that his art was pointless.
The shortcomings of the objective theory of value led to its supersession by the theory of the modern school.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Replacing and exchanging
alternate
alternatively
bargain something away
behalf
change over
compensation
instead of
lieu
make up for something
name
novate
shoe
sing
someone's answer to someone/somethingidiom
spare
sub out something
substitutability
substitutable
substitution
substitutive
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