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depopulation

de·po·pu·lation

UK/diːˌpɒ.pjəˈleɪ.ʃən/ US/diˌpɑ.pjəˈleɪ.ʃən/ uncommon

noun

1.

the condition of having reduced numbers of inhabitants (or no inhabitants at all)

Origin

Inherited from Middle English depopulacion (also spelled depopulacyoun, depopolacion), borrowed from Latin dēpopulātiō. By surface analysis, depopulate + -ion.

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