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displacement
noun
act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 12
- Starts with
- D
- Ends with
- T
- Contains
- ISPLACEMEN
- Scrabble score
- 19
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
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Pronunciation
dɪsˈpleɪsmɪnt
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noun
act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
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act of removing from office or employment
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to move something from its natural environment
noun
the act of uniform movement
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an event in which something is displaced without rotation
noun
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
noun
(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound
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