displacement
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7.7
- noun
- /dɪsˈpleɪsmənt/
- Specialized
:
desplazamiento
- His artwork represented a displacement of deep-seated emotions, transforming pain into creative expression.
- displacement of desire
Examples
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And I think that feeling of displacement pushes me to explore what does belonging mean?
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Acting out is thus a defense whose dynamic has parallel status with blaming oneself and displacement.
Academic text (1998) -
Displacement is a basic defense mechanism where the ego substitutes a new object for a threatening object.
Academic text (1998) -
In fact, I was beginning to see that her anorexic self-hatred was just a displacement of her Oedipal hatred for her grandfather.
Fiction book (2002) -
A major manifestation of paralysis is the displacement of human potential into inauthentic consciousness, petty snobbery, and so on.
Academic text (1991) -
In therapy, she learned that her anger toward her partner was a displacement of her feelings about her childhood.
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The patient's displacement allowed her to express feelings of frustration safely during group therapy.
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
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Displacement comes from dis- 'away' and place 'position', and in psychology it means a feeling is moved 'away' from its true target and 'placed' on something safer. That is why displacement names the defence where emotions are shifted to a different person or thing.