English Explanatory Dictionary

treechange

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A movement of people from cities to the countryside.
  2. An act of relocating from an urban to a rural community.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɹiːˌt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/ En-au-treechange.ogg

Word forms

treechange treechanges

Etymology

From tree + change, modelled after seachange. According to the Australian author and demographer Bernard Salt, the word was coined by “a subeditor” in 2003 and thereafter adopted by him.

Derived words

treechanger
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