defenestration

== English == === Etymology === From New Latin defenestratio, from dē (“from; out”) + fenestra (“window”) + -atio (suffix indicating an action or process); compare Middle French défenestrer (modern French défenestrer), défenestration, Italian defenestrazione and German Fenstersturz. The verb defenestrate was formed later. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪˌfɛnɪˈstɹeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌdiː-/ (General American) IPA(key): /diˌfɛnəˈstɹeɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən Hyphenation: de‧fen‧es‧tra‧tion Rhymes: -ɪʃən === Noun === defenestration (countable and uncountable, plural defenestrations) The act of throwing something or especially someone out of a window, especially lethally. [from c. 17th c.] (UK) The high-profile removal of a person from an organization. (UK, figuratively) to eliminate from a contest or sport championship (computing, humorous) The act of removing the Microsoft Windows operating system from a computer in order to install an alternative one. ==== Usage notes ==== Defenestration (sense 1) was historically committed as an act of political dissent, as with the Defenestrations of Prague. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === defenestration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “defenestration”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “defenestration”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from New Latin dēfenestrātiōnem, Latin dē (“from; out”) + fenestra (“window”) + -ātiō (suffix indicating an action or process). === Noun === defenestration c defenestration Synonyms: defenestrering, fönsterutkastning, fönsterstörtning ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== autodefenestration Defenestrationerna i Prag (“the Defenestrations of Prague”)