different between autodefenestration vs defenestration

English

Etymology

auto- +? defenestration

Noun

autodefenestration (uncountable)

1. (rare, nonce word) The act of hurling oneself from a window.

Translations

English

Etymology

From New Latin defenestratio, from d? (“from; out”) + fenestra (“window”) + -atio (suffix indicating an action or process); compare Middle French défenestrer (modern French défenestrer), défenestration, German Fenstersturz. The verb defenestrate was formed later.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??f?n??st?e??(?)n/, /?di?-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /di?f?n??st?e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: de?fe?nes?tra?tion

Noun

defenestration (countable and uncountable, plural defenestrations)

1. The act of throwing something or someone out of a window. [from c. 17th c.]
2. (Britain) The high-profile removal of a person from an organization.
3. (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

• autodefenestration
• defenestrate
• fenestrate
• fenestration

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Further reading

• defenestration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• defenestration in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• defenestration at OneLook Dictionary Search