DISPLACEMENT as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) displacement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • act of removing from office or employment
    Hypernyms(s) displacement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  3. Meaning
    • to move something from its natural environment
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) displacement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  4. Meaning
    • the act of uniform movement
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) displacement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  5. Meaning
    • an event in which something is displaced without rotation
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) displacement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  6. Meaning
    • (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
    Hypernyms(s) displacement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  7. Meaning
    • (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) displacement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower