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noun
The act or process of reducing to poverty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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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: pauperisation, impoverishment
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: privation, deprivation
noun
a state of extreme poverty or destitution
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: indigence, need, penury, pauperism
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: poverty, poorness, impoverishment
Narrower terms: beggary, mendicancy, mendicity
History
From pauperize + -ation.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
