Displacement (psychology)

In psychology, displacement (German: Verschiebung, lit.'shift, move') is an unconscious defence mechanism whereby the mind substitutes either a new aim or a new object for things felt in their original form to be dangerous or unacceptable.[1]

  1. ^ Berne, Eric (1976), A Layman's Guide to Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis, p. 399

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