Displacements Meaning

There are 7 meaning(s) for word Displacements

Meaning 1 : act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics

    Synonyms : supplanting
Meaning 2 : the act of uniform movement

    Synonyms : translation
Meaning 3 : to move something from its natural environment

    Synonyms : deracination
Meaning 4 : an event in which something is displaced without rotation

    Synonyms : shift
Meaning 5 : (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound

    Synonyms : displacement reaction
Meaning 6 : act of removing from office or employment

Meaning 7 : (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one