depopulation

Meaning

The act of depopulating or condition of being depopulated; the destruction or expulsion of inhabitants.

Synonyms

desolation

dereliction

devastation

havoc

ravage

ravaging

dispeoplement

decrease in population

reduction of population

depopulate

unpeopling

Translations

Entvölkerung

dépeuplement

dépopulation

spopolamento

despoblación

despovoamento

ontvolking

اقواؤ

اقوائ

despoblament

πληθυσμιακή συρρίκνωση

ερήμωση

μείωση πληθυσμού

αποπληθυσμός

Pronounced as (IPA)

/diːˌpɒ.pjəˈleɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English depopulacion (also spelled depopulacyoun, depopolacion), borrowed from Latin dēpopulātiō. By surface analysis, depopulate + -ion.