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. Harold Tobin:

   Blanco Fracture zone quakes are strike-slip( lateral motions of the crustal blocks on either side, rather than up-down displacement), so it is very unlikely for them to pose a tsunami threat, even if a bigger quake happened, like a magnitude 7.0 for example.

2. Henry Peabody:

   If rates rise, we expect some displacement in the bond market, we'll look at unwinding some of that equity position to find some of the cheaper bond credits out there.

3. Mary Robinson:

   We now know that climate change is a driver of migration, and is expected to increase the displacement of populations.

4. 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.

5. Roberto Herrera Cceres:

   A situation of insecurity moves people, it forces internal displacement that later turns into forced migrations.