Usually means: Behavior redirecting stress or conflict.
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  1. displacement activity: Merriam-Webster
  2. displacement activity: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. displacement activity: Collins English Dictionary
  4. displacement activity: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. displacement activity: Wiktionary
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  7. displacement activity: Dictionary.com
  8. Displacement activity: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (displacement activity)

noun:  (psychology) Aimless, often self-comforting behavior displayed when in doubt, blocked or frustrated.
noun:  (more broadly) Something done needlessly when procrastinating.

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