displacement activitynoun [ C or U ]
uk/dɪˈspleɪs.mənt ækˌtɪv.ɪ.ti/us/dɪˈspleɪs.mənt ækˌtɪv.ə.t̬i/specializedan unnecessary activity that you do because you are trying to delay doing a more difficult or unpleasant activity:
When I was studying for my exams I used to clean the house as a displacement activity.
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Acting and acts
- (your) every move idiom
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- ant
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- feel
- gambit
- give yourself over/up to sth
- go about sth
- go about your business idiom
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- hand
- initiative
- manoeuvre
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- money
- up to
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