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pauperization

noun

The act or process of reducing to poverty.

Similar

indigence need penury pauperism pauperisation impoverishment

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Meanings

nounpauperization (countable and uncountable, plural pauperizations)

plural pauperizations

countableuncountableThe act or process of reducing to poverty.
the modern schemes for the amelioration which ignore the laws of competition, must end either in pauperization, […] or in the destruction of property
1848, [Charles Kingsley], Yeast: A Problem. […], London: John W[illiam] Parker, […], published 1851, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna state of extreme poverty or destitution

Similar

indigence need penury pauperism

Broader

poverty poorness impoverishment

nounthe act of making someone poor

Similar

pauperisation impoverishment

Broader

privation deprivation

Also see

impoverishment indigence need pauperism penury

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From pauperize + -ation.

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Translations

French paupérisation

paupérisationTranslations

Russian обнища́ние

обнища́ние (obniščánije)Translations

Ukrainian зубо́жіння

зубо́жіння (zubóžinnja)Translations

Cite this entry

APA

pauperization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pauperization

MLA

“pauperization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pauperization. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pauperization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pauperization.

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