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 | ||