Synonyms for displacement
dɪsˈpleɪs məntdis·place·ment

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1. supplanting, displacementnoun

   act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics

   Synonyms:
   supplanting, translation, displacement reaction, deracination, shift

2. shift, displacementnoun

   an event in which something is displaced without rotation

   Synonyms:
   work shift, transmutation, fault, supplanting, slip, deracination, duty period, shifting, chemise, geological fault, faulting, switch, break, displacement reaction, teddy, switching, transformation, shimmy, shift, sack, translation, shift key, fracture

3. translation, displacementnoun

   the act of uniform movement

   Synonyms:
   supplanting, displacement reaction, shift, translation, rendering, deracination, interlingual rendition, transformation, version

4. displacement, displacement reactionnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   supplanting, displacement reaction, translation, deracination, shift

5. displacementnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   supplanting, displacement reaction, translation, deracination, shift

6. displacement, deracinationnoun

   to move something from its natural environment

   Synonyms:
   supplanting, displacement reaction, shift, translation, excision, extirpation, deracination

7. displacementnoun

   act of removing from office or employment

   Synonyms:
   supplanting, displacement reaction, translation, deracination, shift

Matched Categories

1. • Chemical Reaction
   • Chemistry
   • Defense Mechanism
   • Motion
   • Movement
   • Psychiatry
   • Rejection
   • Replacement
   • Translation

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1. List of paraphrases for "displacement":

   displaced, scroll, travel, displacements, movement, scrolling, shift, desplazamiento, relocation, movements, movage, offset, travelling, shifts, déplacement, displacing, dislocation, moving, posting, move, trip, trips, exodus, homelessness, shifting

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1. Julie Cote:

   As soon as we collect the data it's recorded in the computer and right away in real time you can visualize the displacement of the markers. So the little gray balls that are placed on the joints and vertebrae, those are reflective substances or markers so right away the cameras can detect where they are in space. That's the motion capture technology.

2. Ed Miliband:

   One of the drivers of displacement and potential conflict over the next 10 to 20 years will be climate (change) - resource scarcity, climate change is going to compound the cocktail that's driving war and displacement.

3. Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi:

   The failure of the military coup...was backed by the former regime, which was one of the perpetrators of extermination, murder and displacement.

4. Paul Barrett:

   We believed the impressions we saw at Penarth were consistently spaced to suggest an animal walking. We also saw displacement rims where mud had been pushed up. These structures are characteristic of active movement through the soft ground.

5. Michael Woodman:

   Mental health is an increasing need as people suffer from the trauma of displacement and increasing levels of depression and anxiety from their current situation.