Definition of displacement

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Definition of displacement

  • act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. supplanting
  • the act of uniform movement (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. translation
  • to move something from its natural environment (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. deracination
  • an event in which something is displaced without rotation (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. shift
  • (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. displacement reaction
  • act of removing from office or employment (noun)
  • (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one (noun)

See definition of displacement in Merriam Webster