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Noun Concept
Categories: Defence mechanisms, Psychoanalytic terminology, Freudian psychology
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displacement
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(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one WordNet 3.0
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psychology
psychoanalysis
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(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In psychology, displacement is an unconscious defence mechanism whereby the mind substitutes either a new aim or a new object for things felt in their original form to be dangerous or unacceptable. Wikipedia
A sub-conscious defense mechanism Wikipedia Disambiguation
Unconscious defense mechanism Wikidata
IS A
defense mechanism
HAS KIND
transference
scapegoating
CATEGORY DOMAIN
psychiatry
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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displacement
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displacement (psychology)
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displacement
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Displacement (psychoanalysis)

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