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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

contramigração

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kõtɾamiɡɾasɐ̃w

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Countermigration/ˈkaʊntərˌmaɪˈɡreɪʃən/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #45000 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A contramigração tem sido observada em várias regiões do interior."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The simultaneous or subsequent movement of people back to their point of origin or away from a destination in response to an initial migration stream.

    "Economic shifts in the region have triggered a noticeable wave of countermigration among younger workers."
  2. 2

    Return migration flows that counterbalance primary migration trends in demographic studies.

    "Demographers analyze countermigration patterns to understand long-term population redistribution."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English prefix 'counter-' (meaning against, in opposition to, or in return) combined with 'migration', originating from the Latin 'migratio'. It emerged in sociological and demographic literature during the late 20th century to describe reciprocal or return population movements.

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