displacement
NOUN
/dɪs'pleɪsmənt/
12 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH D
displacement is a valid 12-letter word worth 19 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
D2I1S1P3L1A1C3E1M3E1N1T1
2 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 =19 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 38TRIPLE WORD → 57
MEANING
What does displacement mean?
NOUN · 7 SENSES
1
Act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics.
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2
The act of uniform movement.
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3
To move something from its natural environment.
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4
An event in which something is displaced without rotation.
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5
(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound.
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6
Act of removing from office or employment.
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(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one.
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