Synonyms for Displacement
Top synonyms for “displacement”: deracination, displacement reaction, shift, supplanting, translation.
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- (noun)act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
- (noun)act of removing from office or employment
- (noun)to move something from its natural environment
- (noun)the act of uniform movement
- (noun)an event in which something is displaced without rotation
- (noun)(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
- (noun)(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound
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Common synonyms for "displacement" include deracination, displacement reaction, shift, supplanting, translation. Our thesaurus lists 5 total alternatives drawn from Princeton WordNet. Click any synonym to find its rhymes.
What does "displacement" mean?
act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
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