outmigration
English
Alternative forms
- out-migration
Etymology
out- + migration
Noun
outmigration (countable and uncountable, plural outmigrations)
- A permanent migration in order to settle elsewhere
- 2008 April 22, Katharine Q. Seelye, “In Clinton vs. Obama, Age Is One of the Greatest Predictors”, in New York Times:
- The outmigration of young people has left the state with the second-highest proportion of people over 65 in the country, after Florida.
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Related terms
- outmigrate
Antonyms
- inmigration, in-migration