Antonym: promotion. Similar words: emotion, emotional, emotionally, unemotional, emotionless, demotic, relative motion, motion. Meaning: [‚diː'məʊʃn] 
n. act of lowering in rank or position.
n. act of lowering in rank or position. 
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1. The team now almost certainly faces demotion.
2. From this demotion, the modern age came to feel severed from cosmology as no other culture had ever felt before.
3. Would it be seen as a demotion?
4. She was upset over her demotion.
5. Allow data type demotion ( 32 bit integer to 16 bit integer - loss possible ).
6. The promotion, demotion and declassification are transacted every half a year. The archiving should be checked and cleared up yearly.
7. Promotion or demotion of identities of Dong Yong and the Seventh Fairy and introduction of pagoda tree's imagery after the Song Dynasty are directly results of folklore ideal.
8. The demotion in his rank shall be approved by the same authority that approved the initial conferment of the rank.
9. Demotion often results in employee dissatisfaction, poor subsequent performance, and eventually, turnover.
10. Allow data type demotion ( e . g. 32 bit integer to 16 bit integer ).
11. To be responsible for the awarding, promotion, demotion and cancellation of the customs ranks.
12. Wall Street celebrated the demotion of Jerry Yang on Tuesday, sending Yahoo Inc.'s shares soaring.
13. Demotion is the final movement that must be considered in organizations.
14. In ancient China, the promotion, demotion, rewards and punishment of officials, in different grades[http://Sentencedict.com], were connected with the result of inspection according to the merit system.
15. He is seeking redress for what he alleges was an unfair demotion.
16. I tried a different tack, beginning with the conscious demotion of sensei.
17. The former health secretary brushed aside talk of a demotion by referring to himself as the new Minister for Majorism.
18. They said when they complained about the message, they were threatened with demotion and termination, ostracized and denied promotion.
19. He was torn apart as health and social security secretary and suffered demotion before resigning.
20. Jackson seemed surprised. Maybe even stunned. He knew how angry Odom was last year with demotion.
21. The scientist who discovered Eris, Caltech astronomer Mike Brown, thinks Pluto's demotion was the right move.
22. He has worn a long face every day since his demotion.
23. His Bianconeri teammate Jonathan Zebina was also celebrating the rapid comeback following last summer's demotion.
24. And ten days ago, this stock has just suffered a demotion.
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