PAUPERIZATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of making someone poor

Synonyms:

impoverishment; pauperisation; pauperization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("pauperization" is a kind of...):

deprivation; privation (act of depriving someone of food or money or rights)

Derivation:

pauperize (reduce to beggary)

Meaning:

A state of extreme poverty or destitution

Example:

a general state of need exists among the homeless

Synonyms:

indigence; need; pauperism; pauperization; penury

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("pauperization" is a kind of...):

impoverishment; poorness; poverty (the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pauperization"):

beggary; mendicancy; mendicity (the state of being a beggar or mendicant)

Derivation:

pauperize (reduce to beggary)