dethroners
Those who oust
Those who dethrone—who remove monarchs, leaders, or champions from power.
The term applies literally to deposing royalty and figuratively to displacing anyone from a dominant position: The dethroners of the reigning champion celebrated their upset victory.
Those fighting established authority
- revolutionariesThose seeking systemic overthrow
- usurpersWrongful seizure perpetrators
- rebelsArmed opposition fighters
- mutineersSailors who overthrow command
dissidents · overthrowers · insurrectionists · conspirators · plotters · challengers · contenders · pretenders
Abrupt seizure of power
- overthrowForcible removal from power
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- mutinyRevolt against authority
insurrection · rebellion · sedition · resistance · usurpation · deposition · ouster · toppling
Adjusting relative positions
- transitionChange from one state
- handoverTransfer of control
- redistributionSharing out again differently
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
restructuring · transformation · changeover · turnover · transfer · replacement · reordering · upheaval
insurgents
Those fighting established authority
- revolutionariesThose seeking systemic overthrow
- usurpersWrongful seizure perpetrators
- rebelsArmed opposition fighters
mutineers · dissidents · overthrowers · insurrectionists · conspirators · plotters · challengers · contenders · pretenders · claimants
coup
Abrupt seizure of power
- overthrowForcible removal from power
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
mutiny · insurrection · rebellion · sedition · resistance · usurpation · deposition · ouster · toppling · takeover
realignment
Adjusting relative positions
- transitionChange from one state
- handoverTransfer of control
- redistributionSharing out again differently
decentralization · restructuring · transformation · changeover · turnover · transfer · replacement · reordering · upheaval · shake-up
dethronersloyalists
Faithful to established authority
supporters · defenders · kingmakers · protectors · champions
dethronerskingmakers
Those who decide leadership
installers · anointers · inaugurators · establishers · elevators
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