decrown

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decrown

/diːˈkɹaʊn/ UK

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From de- + crown, or French découronner.

verb decrowns · decrowning · decrowned · de-crown

transitive To deprive of a crown; to discrown. the Popes […] authority to decrowne Kings
Similar: discrown, uncrown
transitive To decoronate (a tooth).
transitive To remove the crown of a pineapple, strawberry, etc.
figuratively, transitive To deprive of supremacy or exaltedness. Laughter for laughter's sake and the allied mocking of social values and decrowning of all dogmatic forms of authority this entails.

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@misc{decrown_2026,
  title = {decrown},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/decrown},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}