brain drain

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. (idiomatic) The migration of educated or talented people from less economically advanced areas to more economically advanced areas, especially to large cities or more developed nations.
2. (informal) A Jackson-Pratt drain.

Verb

1. (idiomatic, transitive, uncommon) Of a nation or society, to be deprived of educated or talented people, who in turn migrate to larger cities or more developed nations.
2. (idiomatic, intransitive, uncommon) To become mentally or psychologically fatigued or exhausted.

Concetti

fuga di cervelli

esodo delle competenze

fuga del capitale umano

Opposto di

brain gain

sinonimi

drain-away

Traduzioni

fuga de cerebros

exode des compétences

braindrain

fuga de cérebros

fuite des cerveaux

exode des cerveaux

hersenvlucht

Brain Drain

Abwanderung von Fachkräften

Braindrain

éxodo intelectual

drainage des cerveaux

éxodo de personal capacitado

استنزاف الأدمغة؛ هجرة ذوي الكفاءة؛ نزوح الأدمغة

Etimologia (Inglese)

Coined by spokesmen for the Royal Society of London in the early 1950s to describe the outflow of scientists and technologists to the United States and Canada.