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词汇 displacement activity
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Definition of displacement activity in English:

displacement activity

noun
Psychology
  • An animal or human activity that seems inappropriate, such as head-scratching when confused, considered to arise unconsciously when a conflict between antagonistic urges cannot be resolved.

    〔心理〕替换活动

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I can understand why they dress well - it must be a form of displacement activity.
    • Yet the whole affair was a displacement activity: an exercise in self-deception.
    • What choice did I have but to find some displacement activity?
    • Reading, extended looking for help, and commiserating can all be seen, after 3 years, as further displacement activities, helping you avoid ending your grieving, and putting away your past relationship.
    • When it happened, it was almost a displacement activity.

Definition of displacement activity in US English:

displacement activity

noundɪsˈpleɪsmənt ækˈtɪvədidisˈplāsmənt akˈtivədē
Psychology
  • An animal or human activity that seems inappropriate to the context, such as head-scratching when one is confused, considered to arise unconsciously when a conflict between antagonistic urges cannot be resolved.

    〔心理〕替换活动

    Example sentencesExamples
    • What choice did I have but to find some displacement activity?
    • I can understand why they dress well - it must be a form of displacement activity.
    • Reading, extended looking for help, and commiserating can all be seen, after 3 years, as further displacement activities, helping you avoid ending your grieving, and putting away your past relationship.
    • Yet the whole affair was a displacement activity: an exercise in self-deception.
    • When it happened, it was almost a displacement activity.
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