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.
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.
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.

单词	displacement activity
释义	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. 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. 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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