pauperization
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pau·per·ize
(pô′pə-rīz′)tr.v. pau·per·ized, pau·per·iz·ing, pau·per·iz·es
To make a pauper of; impoverish.
pau′per·i·za′tion (-pər-ĭ-zā′shən) n.
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pauperization
(ˌpɔːpəraɪˈzeɪʃən) orpauperisation
n
the act or process of making a pauper of or impoverishing
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Noun | 1. | pauperization - a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless" 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" |
2. | pauperization - the act of making someone poor privation, deprivation - act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights" |
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pauperization
n → Verarmung f; (fig also) → Verkümmerung f
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