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displacement
noun
1 displacement
Act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics.
synonym: supplanting.
Roget 140:
change,
alteration,
mutation,
permutation,
variation,
modification,
modulation,
inflexion,
mood,
qualification,
innovation,
metastasis,
deviation,
turn,
evolution,
revolution;
diversion;
break.
transformation,
transfiguration;
metamorphosis;
transmutation;
deoxidization [Chem];
transubstantiation;
[Genetics],
mutagenesis
transanimation†,
transmigration,
metempsychosis†;
avatar;
alterative.
conversion
etc.
(gradual change)
144;
revolution
etc.
(sudden or radical change)
146,
inversion
etc.
(reversal)
218;
displacement
etc.
185;
transference
etc.
270.
changeableness
etc.
149;
tergiversation
etc.
(change of mind)
607.
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Roget 185:
displacement,
elocation†,
transposition.
ejectment
etc.
297†;
exile
etc.
(banishment)
893;
removal
etc.
(transference)
270.
misplacement,
dislocation
etc.
61;
fish out of water.
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Dutch: waterverplaatsing
2 displacement
An event in which something is displaced without rotation.
synonym: shift.
3 displacement
The act of uniform movement.
synonym: translation.
Roget 270:
transfer,
transference;
translocation,
elocation†;
displacement;
metastasis,
metathesis;
removal;
remotion†,
amotion†;
relegation;
deportation,
asportation†;
extradition,
conveyance,
draft,
carrying,
carriage;
convection,
conduction,
contagion;
transfer
etc.
(of property)
783.
transit,
transition;
passage,
ferry,
gestation;
portage,
porterage†,
carting,
cartage;
shoveling
etc.
v.;
vection†,
vecture†,
vectitation†;
shipment,
freight,
wafture†;
transmission,
transport,
transportation,
importation,
exportation,
transumption†,
transplantation,
translation;
shifting,
dodging;
dispersion
etc.
73;
transposition
etc.
(interchange)
148;
traction
etc.
285.
[Thing transferred]
drift.
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4 displacement
chemistry A reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound.
synonym: displacement reaction.
5 displacement
psychiatry A defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one.
6 displacement
To move something from its natural environment.
synonym: deracination.
7 displacement
Act of removing from office or employment.
Polish: wysiedlenie
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