indigence

in·di·gence

 (ĭn′dĭ-jəns)

n.

The state of being poor; poverty.

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in•di•gence

(ˈɪn dɪ dʒəns)

n.

seriously impoverished condition; poverty.

[1325–75; Middle English < Latin indigentia need. See indigent, -ence]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

indigence - a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless" pauperism, pauperization, penury, need impoverishment, poorness, poverty - the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions mendicancy, mendicity, beggary - the state of being a beggar or mendicant; "they were reduced to mendicancy"

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indigence

noun

The condition of being extremely poor:

beggary, destitution, impecuniosity, impecuniousness, impoverishment, need, neediness, pennilessness, penuriousness, penury, poverty, privation, want.

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Translations

ένδεια

indigencia

indigence

[ˈɪndɪdʒəns] N → indigencia f

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indigence

n → Bedürftigkeit f, → Armut f

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