For my PhD research I am writing about the metaphorical displacement of people (as in "they drove me out of their group", "he was snatched away before his time"). Essentially there are a variety of synonyms I use going from dislocation, to delocalization, deportation, forced migration, and exile (though exile is a bit different).
The one I use most often is delocalization. So here is my question
- Is delocalization an understandable term?
- Does it have an antonym? That antonym would have to mean something as 'the attachment of people to a place.' I have been using the word localization so far, but somehow I feel might be more about locating something or someone, rather than attaching oneself to a location.
Best Answer
In legal or medical usage the antonym for dislocation is relocation.
Governments and diplomats use the term voluntary return or repatriation.