Noun
- 1. supplanting, displacement, replacement, replacing
- usage: act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
- 2. shift, displacement, translation
- usage: an event in which something is displaced without rotation
- 3. translation, displacement, motion, movement, move
- usage: the act of uniform movement
- 4. displacement, displacement reaction, chemical reaction, reaction
- usage: (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound
- 5. displacement, defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence
- usage: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
- 6. displacement, deracination, movement
- usage: to move something from its natural environment
- 7. displacement, rejection
- usage: act of removing from office or employment
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