Translations for „displacement activity“ in the English » German Dictionary

dis·ˈplace·ment ac·tiv·ity N

displacement activity

Ersatzbefriedigung f

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English

Make enough gingerbread to give a small town diabetes, as a kind of displacement activity.

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It costs nothing and is the perfect displacement activity.

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It is about time we all moved on and stopped using 9/11 as a global displacement activity.

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Such displacement activity is surely storing up future trouble.

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I'd rather discuss antibiotics, but still: the overreaction is a displacement activity, isn't it?

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It was spiritual displacement activity.

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It's facile, however, to suggest that we only read about adventure as a displacement activity.

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At this moment in history when there are so many more pressing matters for politicians to worry about, this is displacement activity of the most irresponsible kind.

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The advantage of this process appears to be that it serves as displacement activity or "busy-work".

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It looks more like displacement activity, however worthy the cause.

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