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displacement activity

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.61 in modern English

Syllables
dis-place-men-t ac-tiv-i-ty
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
7
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Aimless, often self-comforting behavior displayed when in doubt, blocked or frustrated.

noun

Something done needlessly when procrastinating.

Example Sentences

Etymology

First mentions in 1940 by two Dutch researchers Nikolaas Tinbergen and Adriaan Kortlandt

Inflected Forms

displacement activities (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

escapism

Questions

What does displacement activity mean?
Aimless, often self-comforting behavior displayed when in doubt, blocked or frustrated.
Where does displacement activity come from?
First mentions in 1940 by two Dutch researchers Nikolaas Tinbergen and Adriaan Kortlandt

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