displacements

1. act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tacticsSynonyms: displacement, supplanting

2. an event in which something is displaced without rotationSynonyms: displacement, shift

3. the act of uniform movementSynonyms: displacement, translation

4. (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compoundSynonyms: displacement, displacement reaction

5. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable oneSynonyms: displacement

6. to move something from its natural environmentSynonyms: deracination, displacement