Projective Displacement

Projective displacement is the mental process (generally unconscious) of transferring 'bad' feelings out into the world. Also referred to as 'toilet object behavior', as in, dumping one's emotional shit onto undeserving targets. It's one thing to vent anger, for instance, at that which has provoked the anger, but it's projective displacement when the anger is aimed at anything or anyone but the provoking agent.