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displacement

/dɪs'pleɪsmənt/

noun
act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
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supplanting

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replacing replacement
noun
the act of uniform movement
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translation

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move motion movement
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to move something from its natural environment
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deracination

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movement
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an event in which something is displaced without rotation
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shift

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

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chemical reaction reaction
noun
act of removing from office or employment
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rejection
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(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
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defence mechanism defense defense mechanism defense reaction defence defence reaction

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