emigration
Sentences
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) The act of emigrating; movement of a person or persons out of a country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.
- (countable, uncountable) A body of emigrants; emigrants collectively.
Opposite of
inmigration, immigration
Synonyms
out-migration
external migration
flight from one’s country
Translations
Frequency
Etymology
From Late Latin stem of emigratio, from e (“out”) + migrare (“to move, remove, depart”).
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