displacement

(noun)

noun

1. act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics

Similar word(s): supplanting

Definition categories: act, replacement, replacing

2. an event in which something is displaced without rotation

Similar word(s): shift

Definition categories: event, translation

3. the act of uniform movement

Similar word(s): translation

Definition categories: act, motion, move, movement

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

Definition categories: process, reaction

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

Definition categories: process, defence, defense

6. to move something from its natural environment

Similar word(s): deracination

Definition categories: act, movement

7. act of removing from office or employment

Definition categories: act, rejection