displacement
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6.1
- noun
- /dɪsˈpleɪsmənt/
:
desplazamiento
- The displacement of families due to the flood forced many to seek shelter in temporary camps.
- displacement of people
- forced displacement
- prevent displacement
So the job displacement could be a substantial issue.
- So the job displacement could be a substantial issue.
- We've got people denying our role in causing displacement and creating refugees.
- We have huge starvation as well as displacement in the northeast.
- I think that would just make worse the effects that the displacement of jobs has.
- And here is that long term effect of job displacement.
- But we didn't see an exponential displacement of humans from jobs even as technology was increasing exponentially.
- It goes beyond the displacement of indigenous populations in Alaska, which rely on Coast Guard support and protection.
Examples
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Credit policies that encourage mechanization contribute to the displacement of the rural labor force through migration.
Academic text (1998) -
Where climate-driven disasters contribute to large-scale population displacement, infectious disease is likely to be a significant health problem.
Academic text (2012) -
I think that would just make worse the effects that the displacement of jobs has.
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And there has been significant displacement even at higher price points.
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So the job displacement could be a substantial issue.
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However, there probably will be substantial displacement in Mexico, especially in basic grain agriculture and small businesses.
Academic text (1994) -
In the face of significant external stress, population displacement often indicates the breakdown of social resilience.
Academic text (2000) -
A climate-exacerbated drought during that period contributed to the displacement of about 2 million people before the conflict broke out.
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We've got people denying our role in causing displacement and creating refugees.
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The wars in both countries have caused massive destruction, displacement, refugee flows, and starvation.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
696
1.5
A change of place when something moves
544
1.4
Movement or change in position
259
1.1
An act of changing the place where you live
106
2.0
Taking something or someone away from a place
45
4.9
Forcing someone to leave a home or apartment they rent
40
4.8
The act of moving someone or a thing to a new place
24
3.7
Moving from one place or state to another
12
4.0
Moving people from their homes to a new place because they must leave
11
6.8
A change that stops the normal way a system or community works
1
7.2
A movement of people leaving a place to live somewhere else
1
2.4
A move of something from one place to another
1
4.2
Moving something or someone to a new position
1
9.9
Removal of people or communities from their original home
Moving something from one place to another, for example a machine
An action that takes something away
Forcing something out of a place, for example removing someone from power
The laying down again of soil and sand by moving forces like water
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
6.0
A reaction where a more reactive element replaces a less reactive one in a compound
- Specialized
A measure used to show how much space something takes, for example litres or cubic metres
- Specialized
The amount of liquid pushed aside equals the volume of an object under the liquid
How Displaced
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Displacement comes from the parts dis- meaning 'away' and place meaning 'position' or 'where something is'. So it is easy to remember as 'putting someone away from their place', which explains why the word means removing or relocating a person from a job or home.