displacement activity
displacement activity noun: aimless, often self-comforting behavior displayed when in doubt, blocked or frustrated.
Noun
displacement activity (plural displacement activities)
- Aimless, often self-comforting behavior displayed when in doubt, blocked or frustrated.
- Something done needlessly when procrastinating.
- At last week’s meeting of Infantino’s expanded Fifa Council – the world’s best attended displacement activity – there was instead much discussion of the proposal to bulk up football’s flagship tournament to 40 or 48 teams.
displacement activity meaning in Tamil
displacement activity in Tamil
- பெயர்ச்சி செயல்பாடு
Forms of displacement activity
| plural | displacement activities |
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Origin of displacement activity
First mentions in 1940 by two Dutch researchers Nikolaas Tinbergen and Adriaan Kortlandt
Questions about displacement activity
- What does displacement activity mean?
- Displacement activity means aimless, often self-comforting behavior displayed when in doubt, blocked or frustrated.
- What is displacement activity in Tamil?
- Displacement activity in Tamil is பெயர்ச்சி செயல்பாடு. See Displacement activity meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is displacement activity?
- Displacement activity is a noun.
- What is the plural of displacement activity?
- The plural of displacement activity is displacement activities.
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