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