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push factors

push factors is the plural of push factor.

Meaning of push factor

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

Questions about push factors

What is push factors the plural of?
Push factors is the plural of push factor.

Words near push factors in the dictionary

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

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