outmigration

English

Alternative forms
  • out-migration

Etymology

out- +‎ migration

Noun

outmigration (countable and uncountable, plural outmigrations)

  1. 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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