displacement activity

Meaning

Noun

aimless, often self-comforting behavior displayed when in doubt, blocked or frustrated
something done needlessly when procrastinating

Origin

first mentions in 1940 by two Dutch researchers Nikolaas Tinbergen and Adriaan Kortlandt

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