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has gloss	(noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one displacement
lexicalization	eng: displacement
subclass of	(noun) (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires defense mechanism, defence, defence mechanism, defense reaction, defence reaction, defense
has subclass	(noun) (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst transference

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has category	(noun) the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine