| NOUN | act | displacement, supplanting | act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics |
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| event | displacement, shift | an event in which something is displaced without rotation | |
| act | displacement, translation | the act of uniform movement | |
| process | displacement, displacement reaction | (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound | |
| process | displacement | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one | |
| act | displacement, deracination | to move something from its natural environment | |
| act | displacement | act of removing from office or employment / employment |
| Sounds | dihspley'smahnt | |
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| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | Act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics. | |
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| Synonym | supplanting | |
| Broader | replacement, replacing | The act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another |
| Spanish | suplantación | |
| Catalan | suplantació | |
| Meaning | An event in which something is displaced without rotation. | |
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| Synonym | shift | |
| Narrower | amplitude | (physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave |
| luxation | displacement or misalignment of a joint or organ | |
| Broader | translation | A uniform movement without rotation |
| Spanish | desplazamiento | |
| Meaning | The act of uniform movement. | |
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| Synonym | translation | |
| Broader | motion, movement, move | The act of changing location from one place to another |
| Spanish | desplazamiento | |
| Catalan | desplaçament | |
| Meaning | (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound. | |
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| Synonym | displacement reaction | |
| Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
| Broader | chemical reaction, reaction | (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others |
| Meaning | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one. | |
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| Category | psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine | The branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders |
| Narrower | transference | (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another |
| Broader | defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence | (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires |
| Meaning | To move something from its natural environment. | |
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| Synonym | deracination | |
| Broader | movement | The act of changing the location of something |
| Meaning | Act of removing from office or employment / employment. | |
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| Broader | rejection | The act of rejecting something |
| Spanish | destitución | |
| Catalan | destitució | |
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