English Explanatory Dictionary

displacement activity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Aimless, often self-comforting behavior displayed when in doubt, blocked or frustrated.
  2. Something done needlessly when procrastinating.

Word forms

displacement activity displacement activities

Etymology

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

Related words

escapism
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