displacement
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
Types & categories
- replacement hypernym
Related & opposite
- supplant derivation
Sense 2 noun
an event in which something is displaced without rotation
Types & categories
- translation hypernym
- amplitude hyponym
- luxation hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the act of uniform movement
Types & categories
- movement hypernym
Related & opposite
- translate derivation
Sense 4 noun
(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound
Types & categories
- reaction hypernym
Related & opposite
- chemistry domain topic
Sense 5 noun
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
Types & categories
- defence hypernym
- transference hyponym
Related & opposite
- psychiatry domain topic
Sense 6 noun
to move something from its natural environment
Types & categories
- movement hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 noun
act of removing from office or employment
Types & categories
- rejection hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | supplant |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | replacement |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shift |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shift |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | switch |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | translation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | amplitude |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | luxation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | translate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | movement |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | chemistry |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | reaction |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | psychiatry |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | defence |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | transference |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | root out |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | uproot |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | movement |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | rejection |