displacement

Word relationships

• eviction: Eviction is usually a legal process of removing someone from a specific property, while displacement is broader and often due to disaster or war.

Commonly confused with

• migration: Migration can be voluntary; displacement is always forced.

Word family

• displace (verb): To force someone to leave their home, typically because of war, persecution, or natural disaster.

Collocations

• internal displacement
• forced displacement
• mass displacement

Example sentences

• "Rising sea levels are expected to cause the displacement of millions of people living in coastal areas." A report on climate change.
• "The war led to the massive displacement of civilians across the entire region." A historical study.

Memory hook

Displacement is when you are 'dis' (removed) from your 'place'. Out of place.

When not to use

In physics, it refers to the moving of something from its place; be careful of the context.

Fun facts

• 'Internally Displaced Persons' (IDPs) are people forced to flee their homes but who remain within their country's borders.

Related words

refugee, asylum

Explore more words

exile, upheaval, migrate, banish, migration, deprivation

Also appears in

• Travel & Culture → Nomadic Lifestyles & Migration
• Environmental Policy & Sustainability Economics → Environmental Justice & Equity
• Demographics & Urban Studies → Migration & Displacement
• Demographics & Urban Studies → Gentrification & Urban Renewal
• Demographics & Urban Studies → Rural-to-Urban Migration
• Demographics & Urban Studies → Segregation & Redlining
• Demographics & Urban Studies → Indigenous Populations
• Engineering & Industrial Design → Fluid Dynamics & Hydraulics
• Sociology & Social Anthropology → Tribal Communities & Integration
• Physical Sciences & Cosmology → Classical Mechanics & Motion
• Emergency Services & Public Safety → Disaster Relief & Humanitarian Aid
• Emergency Services & Public Safety → Emergency Shelters & Evacuation