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单词 expatriations
释义

expatriation

noun

ex·​pa·​tri·​a·​tion (ˌ)ek-ˌspā-trē-ˈā-shən How to pronounce expatriation (audio)
plural expatriations
: removal or withdrawal from one's native land : the act or an instance of expatriating or the state of being expatriated
The brutal expatriation of thousands of Cherokee to Indian Territory is now commonly referred to as the Trail of Tears.
A central purpose of their expatriation was to escape the burdensome rules and customs of the native land, and they were in no hurry to assume a foreign set of obligations. Joseph O'Neill
At the time, however, the most prominent American poets of the Modernist golden age of the 1920s felt betrayed by the expatriation of Pound and Eliot and considered their poetry insufficiently American. Monroe K. Spears

Synonyms

  • banishment
  • deportation
  • displacement
  • exile
  • expulsion
  • relegation
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Word History

First Known Use

1765, in the meaning defined above

expatriations

noun

plural of expatriation
as in deportations
the forced removal from a homeland the brutal expatriation of thousands of Cherokee to Indian Territory is now commonly referred to as the Trail of Tears

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • deportations
  • expulsions
  • emigrations
  • displacements
  • migrations
  • banishments
  • exiles
  • dispersions
  • extraditions
  • evacuations
  • diasporas
  • relegations
  • ousters
  • ejections
  • ethnic cleansings
  • scatterings
  • transportations
  • ostracisms
  • dispossessions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • returns
  • repatriations
  • immigrations
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