English Explanatory Dictionary

displacency

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Lack of complacency or gratification; displeasure or dislike.

Word forms

displacency displacencies

Etymology

From Latin displacentia, for displicentia, from displicere (“to displease”), from dis- + placere (“to please”). See displease, and compare displeasance.

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