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displacement | [in psychiatry] a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one | ||
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shift, displacement | an event in which something is displaced without rotation | ||
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displacement, supplanting | act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics | ||
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deracination, displacement | to move something from its natural environment | ||
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displacement, translation | the act of uniform movement | ||
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displacement, displacement reaction | [in chemistry] a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound | ||
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displacement | act of removing from office or employment |