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