nonmigrant
- noun
- /nɒnˈmaɪɡrənt/
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no migrante
- Results indicated that migrants perceived more stress and were more psychologically distressed than nonmigrants.
- migrants and nonmigrants
- nonmigrants living
Examples
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Many nonmigrant species thrive in their native habitats without the need to migrate.
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The study focused on nonmigrant populations, emphasizing their adaptation to local environmental conditions.
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On all three variables, nonmigrant adolescents scored higher in comparison to migrants.
Academic text (2009) -
It is hardly surprising that migrants should have perceived more stress than nonmigrants because these two groups had been exposed to different experiences:
Academic text (1992) -
Migrant farmworkers had lower rates of health care use than did nonmigrants, as found in another farmworker study.
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A more recent study looked at self-esteem, satisfaction with life, and social support among adolescents who migrated with their families from the eastern to the western part of Turkey, and compared their findings with those of nonmigrants living in the same locations.
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While nonmigrants were stably settled in their indigenous residence, migrants had been exposed to adverse migration experiences that produced an assortment of stressors.
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Unlike nonmigrant animals, which stay in one place, birds often fly thousands of miles to find food and suitable breeding grounds.
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Etymology
Nonmigrant combines non- 'not' with migrant 'one who moves', like the verb migrate or the everyday word 'move'. A nonmigrant is therefore a person or animal who stays in the same place instead of moving to another area.