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- Dictionarydefenestration/ˌdiːfɛnɪˈstreɪʃn/
noun
- 1. the action of throwing someone out of a window: formal, humorous "death by defenestration has a venerable history"
- 2. the action or process of dismissing someone from a position of power or authority: informal "that victory resulted in Churchill's own defenestration by the war-weary British electorate"
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the action of forcing someone, especially a leader, out of his or her job: He has governed so badly as to deserve automatic defenestration. If he loses the election, expect a few defenestrations in the Republican Party. See. defenestrate. Fewer examples.
Defenestration (from Neo-Latin de fenestrā) is the act of throwing someone or something out of a window. The term was coined around the time of an incident in Prague Castle in the year 1618 which became the spark that started the Thirty Years' War .
1. : a throwing of a person or thing out of a window. assassination by defenestration. 2. : a usually swift dismissal or expulsion (as from a political party or office) the defenestration of political leaders.
Defenestration definition: the act of throwing a person or thing out of a window. See examples of DEFENESTRATION used in a sentence.
Defenestration is a word for the act of throwing something or someone out of a window. Yes, there's actually a word for that. Fenestra is the Latin word for window. So that's how we came up with defenestration, the frighteningly specific word for throwing someone out a window.
defenestration in British English. (diːˌfɛnɪˈstreɪʃən ) noun. the act of throwing someone out of a window. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C17: from New Latin dēfenestrātiō, from Latin de- + fenestra window. English Quiz.
DEFENESTRATE definition: 1. to throw or push someone out of a window: 2. to force someone, especially a leader, out of his…. Learn more.
