Displacement (Noun)
Meaning 1
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one.
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Nouns denoting natural processes.
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Meaning 2
The act of uniform movement.
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 3
To move something from its natural environment.
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 4
Act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics.
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Meaning 5
An event in which something is displaced without rotation.
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Nouns denoting natural events.
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Meaning 7
(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound.
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Nouns denoting natural processes.