what does displacement mean?
DISPLACEMENT as NOUN
- Meaning
- act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
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Hypernyms(s) displacement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- 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
- Meaning
- to move something from its natural environment
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Hypernyms(s) displacement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- the act of uniform movement
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Hypernyms(s) displacement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- an event in which something is displaced without rotation
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Hypernyms(s) displacement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- 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
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- Meaning
- (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound
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Hypernyms(s) displacement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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