relegations
Drops in standing
Relegations is the plural of relegation, the act of assigning something to a lower rank, position, or category.
In British sports, relegation sends a poorly performing team down to a lesser league: The club faced relegation after losing six straight matches.
More broadly, relegation means consignment to obscurity or unimportance: the relegation of serious journalism to the back pages.
Reductions in rank
- dropdownsExpandable selection menus
- downgradesReductions in quality
- lower divisionsInferior competitive tiers
- bottom threeLowest-ranked trio
survival · league tables · football · second tier · standings · seasons · clubs · rebuilding
Relegation to powerless periphery
- sideliningRemoving from participation
- dismissalsFormal removal from position
- deprioritizationReducing something's urgency
- backburnerStatus of deprioritized tasks
diminishment · disregard · subordination · footnotes · afterthoughts · irrelevance · obscurity · neglect
Reductions in rank
- downgradesReductions in quality
- reassignmentsNew duty allocations
- lateral movesHorizontal position changes
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
demotions
Reductions in rank
- dropdownsExpandable selection menus
- downgradesReductions in quality
- lower divisionsInferior competitive tiers
bottom three · survival · league tables · football · second tier · standings · seasons · clubs · rebuilding · supporters
marginalization
Relegation to powerless periphery
- sideliningRemoving from participation
- dismissalsFormal removal from position
- deprioritizationReducing something's urgency
backburner · diminishment · disregard · subordination · footnotes · afterthoughts · irrelevance · obscurity · neglect · trivialization
demotions
Reductions in rank
- downgradesReductions in quality
- reassignmentsNew duty allocations
- lateral movesHorizontal position changes
relegationspromotions
Elevations in position
elevations · advancements · upgrades · rises · climbs
relegationselevations
Heights above reference point
prioritizations · enthronements · exaltations · glorifications · restorations
relegationsprioritizations
Acts of ordering by importance
elevations · foregrounding · emphasizing · highlighting · featuring
- relegation zoneLeague table's danger area