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noun
The action of impoverishing someone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The state of being impoverished.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the act of making someone poor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pauperization, pauperisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: privation, deprivation
noun
the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: poverty, poorness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: financial condition
Narrower terms: privation, want, deprivation, neediness, destitution, indigence, need, penury, pauperism, pauperization, impecuniousness, pennilessness, penuriousness
History
From Anglo-Norman empoverissement, from the Old French verb empoverir. By surface analysis, impoverish + -ment.
Across languages
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
