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displacement

noun

act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics

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Word length
12
Starts with
D
Ends with
T
Contains
IS
Scrabble score
19
CEFR level
B1

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dɪsˈpleɪsmɪnt

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noun

  1. act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics

noun

  1. act of removing from office or employment

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  1. to move something from its natural environment

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  1. the act of uniform movement

noun

  1. an event in which something is displaced without rotation

noun

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

noun

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

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