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English noun: poverty

1. poverty (state) the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions


Synonymsimpoverishment, poorness


Broader (hypernym)financial condition


Narrower (hyponym)deprivation, destitution, impecuniousness, indigence, need, neediness, pauperism, pauperization, pennilessness, penuriousness, penury, privation, want


Antonymswealth, wealthiness









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