Brain drain

noun

Word Frequency: 0.5

Definitions

1.nounThe migration of educated or talented people from less economically advanced areas to more economically advanced areas, especially to large cities or richer countries.

2.nounA Jackson-Pratt drain.

Synonyms

drain emigration exodus reverse brain drain brain gain outmigration hypermigration internal migration semigration transmigration expatriation interregional migration

Antonyms

brain gain

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