English noun: pauperization | |||
1. | pauperization (state) a state of extreme poverty or destitution | ||
Samples | Their indigence appalled him. A general state of need exists among the homeless. | ||
Synonyms | indigence, need, pauperism, penury | ||
Broader (hypernym) | impoverishment, poorness, poverty | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | beggary, mendicancy, mendicity | ||
2. | pauperization (act) the act of making someone poor | ||
Synonyms | impoverishment, pauperisation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | deprivation, privation | ||