Assertion: defense mechanism | /r/CapableOf | redirect emotion
Facets:
value: to a safer outlet
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Displacement: Defense mechanism that shifts sexual or aggressive impulses to a more acceptable or less threatening target; redirecting emotion to a safer outlet; separation of emotion from its real object and redirection of the intense emotion toward someone or something that is less offensive or threatening in order to avoid dealing directly with what is frightening or threatening.