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Definition 2024
Umvolkung
Umvolkung
German
Noun
Umvolkung f (genitive Umvolkung, no plural)
- (politics) a policy that aims at radically changing the demographic composition of a population, through immigration and influencing reproductive behaviour
Usage notes
- The word is most often used to refer to the growth of allochthone communities in post-war Germany and western Europe, which is thereby labelled a deliberate strategy to weaken the autochthone populations. The word was originally restricted to the radical right, but is now seeing some usage among right-wing conservatives.
Descendants
- Dutch: omvolking (probably)