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Definition of Pauperization
1. Noun. A state of extreme poverty or destitution. "A general state of need exists among the homeless"
Generic synonyms: Impoverishment, Poorness, Poverty
Specialized synonyms: Beggary, Mendicancy, Mendicity
Derivative terms: Indigent, Needy, Pauperize, Penurious
2. Noun. The act of making someone poor.
Generic synonyms: Deprivation, Privation
Derivative terms: Impoverish, Impoverish, Pauperise, Pauperize
Definition of Pauperization
1. n. The act or process of reducing to pauperism.
Definition of Pauperization
1. Noun. The act or process of reducing to pauperism. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pauperization
Literary usage of Pauperization
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Church History by Christopher Wordsworth (1887)
"—pauperization of Clergy. Cappadocia, Thrace, Italy, Egypt, in the short reign
of Julian. His inconsistency in this respect was signally exemplified in his ..."
2. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1883)
"... for the economical disbursement of official or private alms, for the prevention
of professional pauperization and street begging, for the improvement of ..."
3. The Bitter Cry of the Children by John Spargo, Robert Hunter (1909)
"I remember very well that when it was proposed to make the schools free to all,
the same bogey of pauperization was raised.21 The school fees were abolished ..."
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