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diaspora

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of diaspora

formal a group of people who live outside the area in which they had lived for a long time or in which their ancestors lived —usually singular

the art of the African diaspora

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of diaspora

emigration, evacuation, exodus

decamping, decampment, departing, departure, exit, exiting, farewell, going, leave, leave-taking, lighting out, outgo, parting, quitting, walking out

flight, retirement, retreat, running away, withdrawal

embarkation, embarkment

disembarkation, egress

abandonment, forsaking, relinquishment

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of diaspora

approach, entrance, ingress

advent, appearance, arrival

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