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displacement

/ displacement /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
act of removing from office or employment
Type of:
rejection
noun Sense 2
to move something from its natural environment
Type of:
movement
Derived:
displace uproot deracinate extirpate root out
noun Sense 3
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
Type of:
defense mechanism defense reaction defence mechanism
Kinds of:
transference
Domain:
psychiatry psychopathology psychological medicine
noun Sense 4
(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound
Type of:
chemical reaction reaction
Domain:
chemistry chemical science
noun Sense 5
act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
Type of:
replacement replacing
Derived:
displace supplant replace supersede supervene upon
noun Sense 6
the act of uniform movement
Type of:
motion movement move
Derived:
translate
noun Sense 7
an event in which something is displaced without rotation
Type of:
translation
Kinds of:
amplitude luxation
Derived:
switch shift change change over
Semantic Complexity
95%
Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
31
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

rejection movement defense mechanism defense reaction defence mechanism transference chemical reaction reaction replacement replacing motion move