treechange

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɹiːˌt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/ Rhymes: -iːtʃeɪndʒ Hyphenation: tree‧change === Noun === treechange (countable and uncountable, plural treechanges) (Australia) (uncountable) A movement of people from cities to the countryside. [from 2003] Coordinate term: seachange (countable) An act of relocating from an urban to a rural community. Coordinate term: seachange ==== Derived terms ==== treechanger ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === seachange (demography) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia