displacements

Noun

• act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
• an event in which something is displaced without rotation
• the act of uniform movement
• (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound
• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
• to move something from its natural environment
• act of removing from office or employment
• plural of displacement

Synonyms

deracination, displacement, displacement reaction, shift, supplanting, translation