[This word often, but not necessarily, refers to a journey to escape an undesirable situation, and can refer both to a physical journey or to a figurative journey, such as a change of position. Examples of both kinds of journeys are given here.]
[Fleeing the Taliban in Afghanistan, journalist Hassan Fazili and his family] packed up everything they could carry and fled … what turned out to be a 3,500 mile hegira across some of the most perilous borders in the world. (Peter Keough, “Fleeing the Taliban,” The Boston Globe, 10/13/2019.)
In Blinded by the Right, his account of his ideological hegira from conservative button man to liberal media critic, David Brock describes a hilarious scene at an Arkansas bait shop. (Charles Pierce, “Sure, They Love Her Now….” Esquire, June, 2013.)
This word can also, in the proper context, be synonymous with trip, voyage, trek, expedition, trip and migration.
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