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The action of forcing someone to leave a place
“His life had been rendered completely ungovernable by the combination of poverty, homelessness, and displacement from his native country.”
The act of being removed from a position or role
“Thus, where Goethe sees Hamlet's resentment as rooted in his displacement from the throne, Bradley sees only a melancholy prince wholly justified in his eccentric behavior.”
An act of moving something or someone to another place or position
“The displacement of the trees from their site and the placing of them in a non-site operated as a reflection on the fragmentation of identity.”
The dispersion or spread of any people from their original homeland
“The history of Indian economic and industrial development is a never-ending story of displacement of peoples.”
The act of replacing or substituting something or someone for another
“Your judgment appears to be clouded by the displacement of your reason by your emotions.”
The act of disrupting or causing disorder
A movement of animals or people from one region to another
The process of removal or elimination through purging
Apparent displacement resulting from the viewing angle change
A deviation from an expected level, amount or condition
A moving out of place, especially a protrusion of an internal organ
The regular passing from one condition to another
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