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Just a friendly FYI, the opposite of immigration is emigration.
by kulahan 6y ago
Just a friendly FYI, the opposite of immigration is emigration.
- Anon4Now 6y agoOut-migration (with a dash) is fine: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/outmigration https://www.dictionary.com/browse/outmigration
- mehrdadn 6y agoIt seems subtly different (and more correct) to use outmigration, based on what the definitions here suggest. Emigration seems to suggest leaving the country, whereas outmigration seems to suggest leaving for a different part of the same country.
- senkora 6y agoFor extra confusion, immigration and emigration are homophones in a Southern accent because of the pin-pen merger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin–pen_merger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin–pen_merger
- chrisco255 6y agoMakes me think we should pronounce emigration ee-mah-gration.
- ashtonkem 6y agoYou’re just swapping a different set of e/I sounds then. English pronunciation is a mess.
- mywittyname 6y agoI've never heard the two sound different in any dialect and I'm not from the south.
- truckerbill 6y agoNot met many Brits then