Synonyms for displacement

Synonyms for (noun) displacement

Synonyms: supplanting, displacement

Definition: act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics

Similar words: replacement, replacing

Definition: the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another

Usage: replacing the star will not be easy


Synonyms: displacement

Definition: act of removing from office or employment

Similar words: rejection

Definition: the act of rejecting something

Usage: his proposals were met with rejection


Synonyms: displacement, deracination

Definition: to move something from its natural environment

Similar words: movement

Definition: the act of changing the location of something

Usage: the movement of cargo onto the vessel


Synonyms: displacement, translation

Definition: the act of uniform movement

Similar words: motion, move, movement

Definition: the act of changing location from one place to another

Usage: police controlled the motion of the crowd; the movement of people from the farms to the cities; his move put him directly in my path


Synonyms: displacement, shift

Definition: an event in which something is displaced without rotation

Similar words: translation

Definition: a uniform movement without rotation


Synonyms: displacement

Definition: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one

Similar words: defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction

Definition: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires


Synonyms: displacement, displacement reaction

Definition: (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound

Similar words: chemical reaction, reaction

Definition: (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others

Usage: there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water


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