outmigration

English

Alternative forms

• out-migration

Etymology

out- +‎ migration

Noun

outmigration (countable and uncountable, plural outmigrations)

1. A permanent migration in order to settle elsewhere
   • 2008 April 22, Katharine Q. Seelye, “In Clinton vs. Obama, Age Is One of the Greatest Predictors”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The outmigration of young people has left the state with the second-highest proportion of people over 65 in the country, after Florida.

Related terms

• outmigrate

Antonyms

• inmigration, in-migration