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