remigration

remigration — noun

1. the act or process of moving back to a place that you or your family originally

1.名詞C1
釋義

the act or process of moving back to a place that you or your family originally came from, after living in another place for some time

例句

After twenty years in Canada, Hamza's family began planning their remigration to Morocco.

collocation: plan remigration

The professor studied patterns of remigration among Southeast Asian workers.

collocation: remigration among [group]

同義詞
  • return migration

    more descriptive and slightly more common in academic writing

  • repatriation

    often implies government-organized or enforced return to one's country of citizenship

  • reverse migration

    emphasises the direction opposite to the original flow of people

反義詞
  • emigration

    leaving one's home country to settle elsewhere

  • out-migration

    moving out of a region or country, without the return meaning

用法筆記

Remigration most commonly refers to people returning to their country of origin, rather than to animals or seasonal movements — for those uses, choose migration instead. The prefix re- here usually implies returning 'back' rather than simply 'again.'

常見錯誤

❌The birds' remigration south happens every October.
✅The birds' migration south happens every October.
💡Remigration is not used for animal seasonal movements; use migration for regular back-and-forth patterns.
❌After living abroad, her remigration meant moving to Australia.
✅After living abroad, her remigration meant moving back to Argentina.
💡Remigration means returning to a previous home, not just moving to a new country.