displacement > define
noun
- Act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics.
- synonyms: supplanting
- An event in which something is displaced without rotation.
- synonyms: shift
- The act of uniform movement.
- synonyms: translation
- Chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound.
- synonyms: displacement reaction
- 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.
- synonyms: deracination
- Act of removing from office or employment. .
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (n.) The quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the displacing body.
- (n.) The act of displacing or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.
- (n.) The process of extracting soluble substances from organic material and the like, whereby a quantity of saturated solvent is displaced or removed, for another quantity of the solvent.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
displacement is the movement of people, against their will, out of their homes or neighborhoods by forces beyond their control. Causes of displacement include: fire, highway construction, redevelopment, gentrification, condominium conversion, and natural disasters.