displacement - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics

Synonyms

• displacement
• supplanting

More generic

• replacement
• replacing

Noun

act of removing from office or employment

Synonyms

• displacement

More generic

• rejection

Noun

to move something from its natural environment

Synonyms

• deracination
• displacement

More generic

• movement

Noun

the act of uniform movement

Synonyms

• displacement
• translation

More generic

• motion
• move
• movement

Noun

an event in which something is displaced without rotation

Synonyms

• displacement
• shift

More generic

• translation

More specific

• amplitude
• luxation

Noun

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one

Synonyms

• displacement

More generic

• defence
• defence mechanism
• defence reaction
• defense
• defense mechanism
• defense reaction

More specific

• transference

Noun

(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound

Synonyms

• displacement
• displacement reaction

More generic

• chemical reaction
• reaction

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