/dɪsˈpleɪsmɪnt/► audioScrabble 19Words With Friends 24
Definition
noun act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics.
— synonyms: supplanting
noun an event in which something is displaced without rotation.
— synonyms: shift
noun the act of uniform movement.
— synonyms: translation
noun (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound.
— synonyms: displacement_reaction
noun (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one.
noun to move something from its natural environment.
— synonyms: deracination