Definitions of pauperization
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the act of making someone poor
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synonyms:
impoverishment, pauperisation
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type of:
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deprivation, privation
act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
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deprivation, privation
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a state of extreme poverty or destitution
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synonyms:
indigence, need, pauperisation, pauperism, penury
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types:
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beggary, mendicancy, mendicity
the state of being a beggar or mendicant
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type of:
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impoverishment, poorness, poverty
the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
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beggary, mendicancy, mendicity
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