outmigration

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

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Countable; Uncountable

"The outmigration of young people has left the state with the second-highest proportion of people over 65 in the country, after Florida."
"The rural north-west of Ireland is not favoured economically, with outmigration still a problem."

From out- + migration.

outmigrations (plural) out-migration (alternative)

emigrate immigrate outmigrate

emigration

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