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unsettlement

unsettlement

7.9
People forced to leave their homes and communities, causing problems in the area
  • noun
  • /ʌnˈsɛtəlmənt/
translation icon : desplazamiento
  • Rapid unsettlement can create long-term challenges for both displaced people and the regions they leave behind.

Examples

  • Years of conflict led to the unsettlement of entire villages, leaving them abandoned.

  • The civil war brought about the unsettlement of many coastal communities along the river.

  • The unsettlement caused by the conflict is evident everywhere!

  • The unsettlement of families during the war was heartbreaking.

  • The civil war brought about the unsettlement of many coastal communities along the river.

  • Years of conflict led to the unsettlement of entire villages, leaving them abandoned.

  • Rapid unsettlement can create long-term challenges for both displaced people and the regions they leave behind.

Synonyms

uprootedness
vsunsettlement
8.0

A feeling of not belonging after leaving home or familiar places

focuses on a wider process that causes community instability and insecurity

Antonyms

stability
363 3.1

Being steady and not likely to change

settlement
234 3.2

A place where people start living together in a new area

How Stable

stability
363 3.1
insecurity
31 3.6
instability
114 5.1
unsettlement
7.9
displacement
9 6.1

Surface Forms

unsettlement singular
unsettlements plural

Morphology

unsettlement = unsettle (semi-transparent) = un + settle + ment

The displacement context of 'unsettlement' is not immediately obvious from the base word 'unsettle'.

Etymology

Unsettlement comes from the start un- meaning 'not' and settlement, where settlement can mean 'a place where people live' or 'the act of making people live somewhere'. So unsettlement is the state of people being 'not settled' or moved away, which explains its use for people displaced from their homes.