treechange
/ˈtɹiːˌt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Treechange refers to the trend for baby boomers to seek out lifestyle property in country towns usually within a two–three hour drive of a capital city. The drivers of treechange and seachange are the same: people wanting a simpler life in a pleasant town with all the amenities not too far from their interests in the city."
- "For example, the ‘seachange’ and ‘treechange’ movements have seen transitions in rural and regional communities, with the influx of wealthy city-dwellers increasing the price of housing and demanding the provision of particular services and facilities[…]."
- "She told me about a time she and a photographer were sent out to do ‘another treechange story’ – a feel-good piece, she explained, about mainlanders moving to Tasmania."
- "This is supported by consultant reports she found online, whose interpretations of ABS data point to the emergence of seachange and treechange towns that have increasing demand for services. (Seachange and treechange are terms used to describe people moving out of cities to coastal or rural areas.)"
Etymology
From tree + change, modelled after seachange. According to the Australian author and demographer Bernard Salt, the word was coined by “a subeditor” in 2003 and thereafter adopted by him.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtɹiːˌt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/
- British English: /ˈtɹiːˌt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/