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From im- (prefix meaning ‘in; into; to; towards’) + miser(able) + -ation (suffix denoting actions or processes, or their results), a variant of immiserization.
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immiseration
im·mi·ser·at·ionToday it means: Synonym of immiserization (“the process of making miserable or poor, especially of a population as a whole; impoverishment, pauperization”). Full definition →