displacement activity

dis·place·ment ac·tiv·i·ty

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Definitions of displacement activity words

noun displacement activity a behavior performed out of its usual context and apparently irrelevant to the prevailing situation, as eating when an unknown individual approaches, tending to occur when appropiate behaviors, as attacking or fleeing, are in conflict or obstructed. 1
noun displacement activity behaviour that occurs typically when there is a conflict between motives and that has no relevance to either motive, e.g. head scratching 0
noun displacement activity the substitution of a pattern of animal behaviour that is different from behaviour relevant to the situation, e.g. preening at an apparently inappropriate time 0

before 1945

One of the 6% newest English words

First recorded in 1945-50

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