Supplantation

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Supplantation \Sup`plan*ta"tion\ (s[u^]p`pl[a^]n*t[=a]"sh[u^]n),
     n. [Cf. F. supplantation, L. supplantatio hypocritical
     deceit.]
     The act of supplanting or displacing.
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           Habitual supplantation of immediate selfishness.
                                                    --Cloeridge.
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