pauperization

Noun
Synonyms: indigenceneedpenurypauperismpauperisationimpoverishment

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)

  1. a state of extreme poverty or destitution“their indigence appalled him”“a general state of need exists among the homeless”Synonyms: indigenceneedpenurypauperismType of poverty, poornessKinds beggary, mendicancy
  2. the act of making someone poorSynonyms: pauperisationimpoverishmentType of privation, deprivation

Related words penurious adjective, impoverish verb

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Pau′per·i·za′tion noun

The act or process of reducing to pauperism. Charles Kingsley

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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