poverty

pov·er·ty  (pvr-t)

n.

1. The state of being poor; lack of the means of providing material needs or comforts.

2. Deficiency in amount; scantiness: "the poverty of feeling that reduced her soul" (Scott Turow).

3. Unproductiveness; infertility: the poverty of the soil.

4. Renunciation made by a member of a religious order of the right to own property.

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[Middle English poverte, from Old French, from Latin pauperts, from pauper, poor; see pau-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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poverty

Noun

1. the state of lacking adequate food or money

2. lack or scarcity: a poverty of information

3. inferior quality or inadequacy: the poverty of political debate in this country [Old French poverté]

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Poverty

beggarism

1. Rare. the state of beggarhood.
2. behavior characteristic of a beggar.

pauperism

the state or condition of utter poverty. Also called pauperage.

peniaphobia

an abnormal fear of poverty.

penury

extreme poverty or destitution. — penurious, adj.

Poplarism British.

1. a policy in local governments of providing relief for the poor, often excessive in amount.
2. any similar policy of government spending that leads to higher taxes. — Poplarist, n.

ptochocracy

a form of rule by beggars or the poor.

ptochology

the scientific study of pauperism, unemployment, etc.

slumism

the development and growth of slums or substandard dwelling conditions in urban areas.

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Poverty the poor collectively, 1433; a company of pipers.

Examples: poverty of paupers; of pipers, 1486; multitude of the poverty of the town, 1537.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

poverty - the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions impoverishment, poorness financial condition - the condition of (corporate or personal) finances deprivation, neediness, privation, want - a state of extreme poverty destitution - a state without friends or money or prospects indigence, pauperism, pauperization, penury, need - a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless" impecuniousness, pennilessness, penuriousness - a state of lacking money wealth, wealthiness - the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money; "great wealth is not a sign of great intelligence"

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poverty

noun 1. pennilessness, want, need, distress, necessity, hardship, insolvency, privation, penury, destitution, hand-to-mouth existence, beggary, indigence, pauperism, necessitousness << OPPOSITE wealth

noun 2. scarcity, lack, absence, want, deficit, shortage, deficiency, inadequacy, dearth, paucity, insufficiency, sparsity << OPPOSITE abundance

noun 3. barrenness, deficiency, infertility, sterility, aridity, bareness, poorness, meagreness, unfruitfulness << OPPOSITE fertility

Translations

poverty [ˈpɔvətɪ] n → pobreza, miseria;

(fig) → falta, escasez f

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poverty [ˈpɔvətɪ] n → pauvreté f, misère f

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poverty [ˈpɔvətɪ] n → Armut f

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poverty [ˈpɔvətɪ] n → povertà, miseria

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poverty

n poverty [ˈpovəti]

the condition of being poor They lived in extreme poverty; the poverty of the soil. armoede فَقْر бедност chudoba fattigdom die Armut φτώχεια pobreza vaesus فقر köyhyys pauvreté עוֹנִי गरीबी siromaštvo,oskudica szegénység kemiskinan fátækt povertà 貧困 가난, 메마름 skurdas, skurdumas nabadzība; (zemes) neauglība kemiskinan armoede fattigdom; (jordas) ufruktbarhet ubóstwo pobreza sărăcie бедность chudoba revščina siromaštvo fattigdom ความจน yoksulluk 貧窮 бідність, злидні غربت، محتاجي sự nghèo đói 贫穷