English to English
displacement
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noun (n)
- act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics(noun.act)source: wordnet30
- an event in which something is displaced without rotation(noun.event)source: wordnet30
- (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound(noun.process)source: wordnet30
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one(noun.process)source: wordnet30
- act of removing from office or employment(noun.act)source: wordnet30
- The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.(noun)source: webster1913