brain drain en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- brānʹ-drān
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Etymology
Coined by spokesmen for the Royal Society of London in the early 1950s to describe the outflow of scientists and technologists to the United States and Canada.
Meanings
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(idiomatic) The migration of educated or talented people from less economically advanced areas to more economically advanced areas, especially to large cities or more developed nations.
Fortunately, the often-discussed problem of "the brain drain" is not as serious in agriculture as in most other fields, particularly the "hard sciences."
1955, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Proceedings, Issues 6-12, page 60:Former HS2 Ltd chairman Sir David Higgins provided a timely reminder of why Britain needs HS2 in a letter to The Times on September 25, in which he asked: "Why are so few FTSE 100 companies based outside the South East? Why is there such a brain drain of graduates from the North? Why do northern cities underperform compared with their European counterparts?
2023 October 4, Philip Haigh, “HS2's rising costs: government only has itself to blame”, in RAIL, number 993, page 53:
- (informal) A Jackson-Pratt drain.
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| brain drains | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (76)
ka ბრეინ-დრეინი (emigration of educated people) · li briekingsdrieëg (emigration of educated people) · sh odliv mozgova (emigration of educated people) · sh odljev mozgova (emigration of educated people) · ja 頭脳流出 (emigration of educated people) · sh одлив мозгова (emigration of educated people) · vi chảy máu chất xám (emigration of educated people) · af breindrein (emigration of educated people) · ar هِجْرَةُ العُقُول (emigration of educated people) · fr exode des cerveaux (emigration of educated people) · is atgervisflótti (emigration of educated people) · be уце́чка мазго́ў (emigration of educated people) · fa-ira فَرارِ مَغْزْها (emigration of educated people) · sh одљев мозгова (emigration of educated people) · da hjerneflugt (emigration of educated people) · pt fuga de cérebros (emigration of educated people) · ur دِماغی نَقْل مَکانی (emigration of educated people) · sv forskarflykt (emigration of educated people) · fi aivovuoto (emigration of educated people) · nb hjerneflukt (emigration of educated people) · de Braindrain (emigration of educated people) · be адто́к мазго́ў (emigration of educated people) · ko 두뇌유출 (emigration of educated people) · ru уте́чка умо́в (emigration of educated people) · bn মেধা পাচার (emigration of educated people) · sv kunskapsflykt (emigration of educated people) · az beyin aхını (emigration of educated people) · mk одлив на мозоци (emigration of educated people) · ar هِجْرَةُ الأَدْمِغَة (emigration of educated people) · sk odliv mozgov (emigration of educated people) · it fuga di cervelli (emigration of educated people) · ko 인재유출 (emigration of educated people) · cmn 人才外流 (emigration of educated people) · sl beg možganov (emigration of educated people) · pl drenaż mózgów (emigration of educated people) · th สมองไหล (emigration of educated people) · be вы́цек мазго́ў (emigration of educated people) · de Talentschwund (emigration of educated people) · sv talangflykt (emigration of educated people) · hy ուղեղների արտահոսք (emigration of educated people) · nl kennisvlucht (emigration of educated people) · tr beyin göçü (emigration of educated people) · fi aivovienti (emigration of educated people) · sq ikje e trurit (emigration of educated people) · nl hersenvlucht (emigration of educated people) · nl braindrain (emigration of educated people) · ca fuga de cervells (emigration of educated people) · sv hjärnflykt (emigration of educated people) · lv smadzeņu aizplūšana (emigration of educated people) · fr fuite des cerveaux (emigration of educated people) · uk ві́дті́к мі́зків (emigration of educated people) · kk ақыл көші (emigration of educated people) · ur دِماغی ہِجْرَت (emigration of educated people) · et ajude äravool (emigration of educated people) · es emigración de talentos (emigration of educated people) · hi प्रतिभा पलायन (emigration of educated people) · ro drenare a inteligenței (emigration of educated people) · de Gehirn-Abfluss (emigration of educated people) · it fuga dei cervelli (emigration of educated people) · cmn 人才流失 (emigration of educated people) · ka ტვინების გადინება (emigration of educated people) · tg фирори мағзҳо (emigration of educated people) · es fuga de cerebros (emigration of educated people) · be уцёкі мазго́ў (emigration of educated people) · he בְּרִיחַת מוֹחוֹת (emigration of educated people) · eo cerbofuĝo (emigration of educated people) · sv kompetensflykt (emigration of educated people) · ro brain drain (emigration of educated people) · ko 인적자원 유출 (emigration of educated people) · ca fugida de cervells (emigration of educated people) · ru уте́чка мозго́в (emigration of educated people) · cs odliv mozků (emigration of educated people) · hu agyelszívás (emigration of educated people) · bg изти́чане на мо́зъци (emigration of educated people) · kn ಪ್ರತಿಭಾ ಪಲಾಯನ (emigration of educated people) · lt protų nutekėjimas (emigration of educated people)