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PRONUNCIATION OF DISPLACEMENT ACTIVITY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISPLACEMENT ACTIVITY

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Displacement activity is a noun.
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WHAT DOES DISPLACEMENT ACTIVITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

displacement activity

Displacement activity

Displacement activities occur when an animal experiences high motivation for two or more conflicting behaviours: the resulting displacement activity is usually unrelated to the competing motivations. Birds, for example, may peck at grass when uncertain whether to attack or flee from an opponent; similarly, a human may scratch his or her head when they do not know which of two options to choose. Displacement activities may also occur when animals are prevented from performing a single behaviour for which they are highly motivated. Displacement activities often involve actions which bring comfort to the animal such as scratching, preening, drinking or feeding.

Definition of displacement activity in the English dictionary

The definition of displacement activity in the dictionary is behaviour that occurs typically when there is a conflict between motives and that has no relevance to either motive, e.g. head scratching. Other definition of displacement activity is 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.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISPLACEMENT ACTIVITY

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displaceable
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displacement
displacement ton
displacement tonnage
displacer
displant
displantation
display
display ad
display advertisement
display advertising
display cabinet
display case
display pack
display panel
display screen
display unit

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISPLACEMENT ACTIVITY

activity
captivity
conductivity
connectivity
creativity
exclusivity
gravity
hyperactivity
inactivity
interactivity
nativity
negativity
objectivity
physical activity
positivity
productivity
reactivity
relativity
selectivity
sensitivity
special theory of relativity

Synonyms and antonyms of displacement activity in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «displacement activity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISPLACEMENT ACTIVITY

Find out the translation of displacement activity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of displacement activity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «displacement activity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

置换活动
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

actividad de desplazamiento
570 millions of speakers

English

displacement activity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विस्थापन गतिविधि
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

النشاط النزوح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

деятельность смещение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

actividade de deslocamento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্থানচ্যুতি কার্যকলাপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

activité de déplacement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Aktiviti anjakan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Verdrängungsaktivität
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

置換活性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

변위 활동
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kegiatan pamindahan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hoạt động chuyển
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இடப்பெயர்ச்சி நடவடிக்கை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विस्थापन क्रियाकलाप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yer değiştirme aktivitesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

attività di spostamento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Aktywność przemieszczenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

діяльність зміщення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

activitatea de deplasare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δραστικότητα εκτόπισης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verplasing aktiwiteit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förskjutningsaktivitet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forskyvning aktivitet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of displacement activity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISPLACEMENT ACTIVITY»

The term «displacement activity» is normally little used and occupies the 149.984 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISPLACEMENT ACTIVITY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about displacement activity

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISPLACEMENT ACTIVITY»

Discover the use of displacement activity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to displacement activity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Biology: A Functional Approach
DISPLACEMENT ACTIVITY When an animal is in a state of stress it will sometimes engage in behaviour which is out of context or irrelevant. This is called displacement activity. For example, two birds that are righting may suddenly preen ...
M. B. V. Roberts, 1986
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New Scientist
DISPLACEMENT ACTIVITY IN HUMAN BEHAVIOUR continued A complex instinct, such as reproduction, is composed of a hierarchy of simpler instincts. Consequently, if the consummation of an instinctive act at the top of the hierarchy is ...
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Animal Behavior Desk Reference: A Dictionary of Animal ...
Comment: “Developmentally fixed” is not synonymous with “genetic” (inherited) ( Dawkins 1986, 62). displacement behavior, displacement activity n. 1. For example, in some bird and stickleback fish species and Humans: Behavior that appears ...
Edward M. Barrows, 2011
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The Bobbs-Merrill Reprint Series in Life Sciences
Tinbergen (1952) simply refers to these two types of behavior, in which two drives utilize a common motor pattern, as the displacement activity and the "example" from which it is derived. It appears that displacement activities are always ...
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Handbook of Applied Dog Behavior and Training, Etiology and ...
terms of displacement activity. Displacement activity occurs when some course of action is thwarted (frustration) or when two opposing motivational tendencies are elicited at the same time (conflict). Under the influence of frustration or conflict, ...
Steve Lindsay, 2013
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INT'L REV OF RESRC IN MENTL RETARDTN
F. Displacement Activities Behavior that appears both wholly out of context and functionally irrelevant has been labeled by ethologists as displacement activity ( Hinde, 1970). Besides being out of context and apparently purposeless, there is no ...
Norman R. Ellis, 1983
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The Foundations of Ethology
Yet some typical and indubitable displacement activities have properties which the disinhibition hypothesis fails to explain. The intensity of the motor patterns appearing as displacement activity should, according to the theory, be dependent  ...
‎1981
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The World of Instinct: Niko Tinbergen and the Rise of ...
In principle, there was a specific displacement activity for a particular ' autochthonous' urge. This specificity was an essential element of Kortlandt's explanation because it created the possibility of using displacement activities to gain insight into ...
D. René Röell, 2000
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Dog Language
Displacement activity is all activity performed to change the motivation in a given situation, in order to escape. The individual tries to achieve a sense of security by performing an activity which it feels safe with and connects with pleasure.
Roger Abrantes, 1997
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Obsessional States
Unfortunately, the characteristic inappropriateness of displacement activity seems to be as dissonant with the accepted conceptualization of obsessional disorder as the other two features are consonant. To be sure, the obsessional's washing ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISPLACEMENT ACTIVITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term displacement activity is used in the context of the following news items.
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Thinking Something is Going to Happen ... then Nothing Does …
She is bored with observing the deathless, glass-eyed stare and manic displacement activity of the elected representatives of the London ... «NOTTINGHAM CITY COUNCIL LOLS, Jul 15»
2
Islamic State beware – it's Cameron's full-spectrum renaming …
To watch Thursday's Commons debate on Britain and international security was to watch displacement activity of self-satirising proportions. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Big Question: Why Do I Yawn When I'm Nervous or Stressed?
Some psychologists, including Provine, suggest that anxious yawning could be an example of what's known as a displacement activity—i.e., ... «Wired, Jun 15»
4
After Charleston: a show of common humanity
Will removing the flag prevent another attack in the future? Of course not. The debate over the Confederate flag is a major displacement activity. «Spiked, Jun 15»
5
The wrong ways and the right ones to pick Labour's next leader
The complaint that none of the candidates for the Labour leadership cuts the mustard is displacement activity. It is easier for the rest of the ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
6
Is Sepp Blatter really Stalin or Saddam Hussein?
Why else would the FBI suddenly be so interested in 'soccer', other than as a massive displacement activity from its failure to tackle serious ... «Spiked, Jun 15»
7
Eurozone still in denial about Greece
So all these fraught talks about a release of the last 7.2bn of cash from the current rescue facility can probably be seen as displacement activity. «BBC News, Jun 15»
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Which is worse: FIFA or the Blatter-bashers?
That this is all a politically motivated displacement activity based on bluster becomes clear when you glance at the solutions being offered by ... «Spiked, Jun 15»
9
Talk of productivity looks like displacement activity
On the other hand, are we sure talk of low productivity is not displacement activity and that we should be talking about something else? «Financial Times, May 15»
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The Guardian view on the Gerry Adams handshake: a brave act of …
Some observers think it adds up to little more than displacement activity by two old men, neither of whom has any choice but to bide their time. «The Guardian, May 15»

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