depopulation
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- noun
- /ˌdiːpəˈleɪʃən/
:
despoblación
- The depopulation of once-thriving towns has led to abandoned buildings and a lack of services for the remaining residents.
- rural depopulation
- consequence of depopulation
- famine and depopulation
Yeah, they kind of all the big countries in the world run that deal and they want depopulation.
- Yeah, they kind of all the big countries in the world run that deal and they want depopulation.
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Examples
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Similar to many remote Highland villages, the township of Scoraig suffered depopulation until the mid-twentieth century.
Academic text (2010) -
In many parts of Europe and Asia, depopulation is a real possibility.
Academic text (2012) -
We now know that those predictions of depopulation were far off the mark.
Academic text (1997) -
One of the first steps in fulfilling this vision was the selective depopulation of the area.
Academic text (1992) -
Models drawing on conservative mortality figures and other evidence indicate that the massive depopulation was highly possible.
Academic text (1992) -
Achieving environmental goals may be accelerated with depopulation, but governments are increasingly finding it hard to fund public systems.
Academic text (2011) -
Ten years ago, North Dakota was suffering from depopulation because of a severe job shortage.
Blog text (9) -
Some 60 years ago, expectations of an imminent depopulation were widespread in the Western world.
Academic text (1997) -
Local-scale analysis reveals most clearly the depopulation that was occurring on the uplands.
Academic text (1991) -
Speaker, rural Scotland, including my Argyll and Bute constituency, is facing a depopulation crisis, a crisis that will be exacerbated by Brexit.
Antonyms
How Depopulated
Surface Forms
Morphology
depopulation = depopulate (semi-transparent) = de + popul + ate + ion
The noun is formed in a regular way from the verb 'depopulate' with '-ion', meaning the process or result of depopulating.
Etymology
Depopulation comes from the prefix de- meaning 'removal' or 'down' and the root popul meaning 'people', as in population. So depopulation is the 'removal' or drop in the number of people living in a place.