Complete Definition of "brain drain"

English

Etymology
Spokesmen for the w:Royal Society|Royal Society of London first coined the expression �brain drain� to describe the outflow of scientists and technologists to the United States and Canada in the early 1950s.

Pronunciation
AHD|br�n�-dr�n

Noun
en-noun|plbrain drains|sgbrain drain

  1. The migration of educated or talented people from less economically advanced areas to more economically advanced areas, especially to large cities or richer countries.

Antonyms
brain gain

Translations
Dutch: braindrain m, hersenvlucht
Finnish: aivovuoto, aivovienti
French: exode des compétences m
Russian: ��е�ка мозгов f
Spanish: t|es|fuga de cerebros|f

cs:brain drain
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pl:brain drain
vi:brain drain

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