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. Donatella Rovera:

   KRG (Kurdistan Regional Government) forces appear to be spearheading a concerted campaign to forcibly displace Arab communities by destroying entire villages in areas they have recaptured from IS in northern Iraq, the forced displacement of civilians and the deliberate destruction of homes and property without military justification, may amount to war crimes.

2. The ICC:

   It is long overdue for you to heed the cries of the victims of rape and sexual abuse, torture, mass displacement and other inhumane suffering Darfurians continue to endure.

3. Marie Yovanovitch:

   Like so many, including those in the Ukrainian-American community, my parents lives were changed forever by Communist and Nazi regimes, they survived poverty, war and displacement, and finally arrived in the United States, with me in tow, in search of freedom, opportunity, dignity and accountability.

4. Alexis Santos:

   It's a really large number -- and it's a number that's well above what we've seen in the past, here, what you're looking at is double -- double the displacement we would have expected.

5. Louis Portella Mbuyu:

   The bombings have provoked alarm as well as forced and precipitous displacement of the population, again this Wednesday, there were some bombings not far from Kinkala, in the village of Soumouna.