expatriations
Leaving one's country
Expatriations are acts of leaving one's native country to live elsewhere, or of being expelled from it.
The word covers both voluntary departure and forced exile.
A person who expatriates renounces citizenship or residency, whether by choice or government action: The expatriations of dissidents continued throughout the regime.
Forced removal from place
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
- expulsionForced permanent removal
- ostracismBanishment from a group
- outcastShunned, rejected person
asylum · statelessness · persecution · proscription · extradition · fugitive · refugee · excommunication
Government-issued travel credential
- visaTravel authorization stamp
- departureAct of going away
- homelandOne's native land
- abroadIn foreign territory
citizenship · naturalization · border · customs · immigration · emigrant · expat · consulate
Extracting from the earth
- dispossessedDeprived of home or land
- dislocationForced out of position
- deracinationUprooting from origins
- transplantationSurgical organ relocation
diaspora · refugees · upheaval · resettlement · eviction · disinheritance · unsettled · migrants
Emotional separation between people
- disconnectionState of being severed
- foreignnessQuality of being unfamiliar
- outsiderOne excluded from group
- unfamiliarityLack of prior knowledge
isolation · detachment · loneliness · disaffection · marginalization · otherness · homesickness · nostalgia
Permanent change of residence
- movingEmotionally affecting
- abroadIn foreign territory
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- integrationCombining into a whole
international · housing · accommodation · assimilation · adjustment · acculturation
Absence of constraint
- escapeFlight from captivity
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- independenceFreedom from external control
emancipation · release · reinvention · opportunity · self-exile · sanctuary
banishment
Forced removal from place
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
- expulsionForced permanent removal
- ostracismBanishment from a group
outcast · asylum · statelessness · persecution · proscription · extradition · fugitive · refugee · excommunication · blacklist
passport
Government-issued travel credential
abroad · citizenship · naturalization · border · customs · immigration · emigrant · expat · consulate · embassy
uprooting
Extracting from the earth
- dispossessedDeprived of home or land
- dislocationForced out of position
- deracinationUprooting from origins
transplantation · diaspora · refugees · upheaval · resettlement · eviction · disinheritance · unsettled · migrants · stateless
estrangement
Emotional separation between people
- disconnectionState of being severed
- foreignnessQuality of being unfamiliar
- outsiderOne excluded from group
unfamiliarity · isolation · detachment · loneliness · disaffection · marginalization · otherness · homesickness · nostalgia · belonging
relocation
Permanent change of residence
- movingEmotionally affecting
- abroadIn foreign territory
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
integration · international · housing · accommodation · assimilation · adjustment · acculturation
freedom
Absence of constraint
- escapeFlight from captivity
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
independence · emancipation · release · reinvention · opportunity · self-exile · sanctuary
expatriationsrepatriations
Restoring to native land
returns · homecomings · repatriating · reentries · immigrations
expatriationsnaturalizations
Grants of citizenship
citizenships · immigrations · enfranchisements · inclusions · integrations