brain drain

Speech parts

1. brain drain - Noun

2. brain drain - Phrase

Meaning

depletion or loss of intellectual and technical personnel

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Alternative names

brain-drain

Synonyms

brain freeze brain fog brain-crushing migration of professionals cerebral absence outflow of talent cerebral haze educated shortage exodus of skilled labor cerebral struggle cerebral weariness feel fat-headed lack of ideas human capital flight lack of thoughts

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Antonyms

brain gain reverse brain drain human capital growth human capital increase increase in number of professionals increase in number of scientists

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Hypernyms

drain

Examples

Better a brain drain than a brain in the drain. Rajiv Gandhi

Happily, there's a reversal of the brain drain occurring in Ghana now. We're seeing a lot of - actually in Africa - we're seeing a lot of African professionals, you know, returning to the continent to contribute their quota. John Dramani Mahama

I want to talk about jobs and health care and pension security and what we're going to do to stop the brain drain in Ohio and make it possible for our young people to stay here and build a life in Ohio rather than in Pennsylvania or West Virginia or God knows where. Ted Strickland

Alaska has had a problem with a " brain drain ". Source: Internet

An economy needs to produce value-added products and that’s why it needs cooperation with the universities and scientists, he said, underlining the need to prevent the continued brain drain from Turkey to the developed countries. Source: Internet

Brain drain The emigrants tended to be young and well-educated, leading to the "brain drain" feared by officials in East Germany. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

brain drain

Close letter words and terms

brain disorder with hypomania brain disorder with lows brain doctor brain dump brain dysfunction brain dysfunction syndrome