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