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push factor

Syllables: push fact·orUK/pʊʃ ˈfæktə/

push factor noun: a factor that encourages one to leave one's current home, region, country, organization, or religion.

push factor: a factor that encourages one to leave one's current home, region, country, organization, or religion
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Noun

push factor (plural push factors)

  1. A factor that encourages one to leave one's current home, region, country, organization, or religion.
    • The push-pull hypothesis proposes that people will voluntarily vacate old premises and seek new ones when conditions are no longer comfortable or tolerable, or when conditions in another country offer more favorable circumstances for an improved standard of living. According to Juan Gonzales...1995, George Henderson, Thompson [Dale] Olasiji, Migrants, Immigrants, and Slaves: Racial and Ethnic Groups in America, Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, →ISBN, page 2
    • The decision of whether or not to migrate is not taken lightly by any migrant. […] Factors that might force a person to leave their place of residence are called push factors, and these can be broadly divided into ‘hard push factors’ and ‘soft push factors’. Hard push factors include war...2005, Stephen Codrington, “Population Change”, in Planet Geography, 3rd edition, Sydney: Solid Star Press, →ISBN, page 11

push factor meaning in Tamil

push factor in Tamil

தள்ளு காரணி, உந்து காரணி

Examples of push factor in a sentence

  • Hard push factors include war, starvation and environmental catastrophes, while soft push factors persecution, poverty and social loneliness.2005, Stephen Codrington, “Population Change”, in Planet Geography, 3rd edition, Sydney: Solid Star Press, →ISBN, page 11:
  • A push factor is a negative perception about a location that induces a person to move away from that location.2015, Kelly Swanson, AP Human Geography 2016, New York, N.Y.: Kaplan Publishing, →ISBN:

Forms of push factor

pluralpush factors

Questions about push factor

What does push factor mean?
Push factor means a factor that encourages one to leave one's current home, region, country, organization, or religion.
What is push factor in Tamil?
Push factor in Tamil is தள்ளு காரணி, உந்து காரணி. See Push factor meaning in Tamil.
How do you use push factor in a sentence?
Hard push factors include war, starvation and environmental catastrophes, while soft push factors persecution, poverty and social loneliness.
What part of speech is push factor?
Push factor is a noun.
How do you pronounce push factor?
Push factor is pronounced /pʊʃ ˈfæktə/ (UK).
What is the plural of push factor?
The plural of push factor is push factors.

Words near push factor in the dictionary

  1. push daggers
  2. push daisies
  3. push day
  4. push days
  5. push down
  6. push factor
  7. push factors
  8. push forward
  9. push in
  10. push ins
  11. push into the long grass

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Adapted from Wiktionary: push factor (page history and authors); push factor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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