displacement activity
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First mentions in 1940 by two Dutch researchers Nikolaas Tinbergen and Adriaan Kortlandt
Noun
[edit]displacement activity (plural displacement activities)
- (psychology) Aimless, often self-comforting behavior displayed when in doubt, blocked or frustrated.
- (more broadly) 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.[1]
Translations
[edit]aimless behaviour; something done needlessly
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