Displacement

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NOUN

act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics

an event in which something is displaced without rotation

the act of uniform movement

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

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

to move something from its natural environment

act of removing from office or employment

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