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pauperism |
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pauperism the state or condition of utter poverty. Also called pauperage. See also: Poverty
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But as this phrase happened to bear an unfortunate resemblance to the popular expression of 'coming on the parish,' it suggested to Mr Willet's mind no more consolatory visions than pauperism on an extensive scale, and ruin in a capacious aspect. He becomes a pauper, and pauperism develops more rapidly than population and wealth. Tulliver to provide for his wife and daughter without any assistance from his wife's relations, and without that too evident descent into pauperism which makes it annoying to respectable people to meet the degraded member of the family by the wayside. |
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