subreplacement

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adjective

Below the level needed to maintain the current population.

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Meanings

adjectivesubreplacement (not comparable)
  1. not comparabledemographicsBelow the level needed to maintain the current population.

    The other is the fact that the population of Japan has begun to shrink, the result of years of subreplacement birth rates.

    2011, James W. White, Mirrors of Memory: Culture, Politics, and Time in Paris and Tokyo, University of Virginia Press, →ISBN, page 219

Origin

From sub- + replacement.

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APA

subreplacement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subreplacement

MLA

“subreplacement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subreplacement. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subreplacement,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subreplacement.

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