brain drain

Speech parts

1. brain drain - Noun

2. brain drain - Phrase

Meaning

depletion or loss of intellectual and technical personnel

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

brain-drain

Synonyms

emigration brain freeze brain fog cerebral overload human capital flight departure of professionals emigration of skilled people emigration of professionals emigration of scientists departure of researchers migration of professionals outflow of professionals crushing mind lack of ideas lack of thoughts
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Antonyms

brain gain human capital growth human capital increase increase in number of scientists increase in number of professionals increase in the number of skilled workers

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