displacement activity

noun
1
things that you do in order to avoid doing what you are supposed to be doing
فعالیت انحرافی, فعالیت جایگزین
2
behaviour in animals or humans that does not seem to be useful in the situation in which it is performed, resulting from the presence of two opposing desires that cannot be resolved
رفتار جایگزین, کنش جایگزین, رفتار غیرمرتبط, کنش نامرتبط