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pauperism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | indigence, need, pauperization, penury |
| Type of | impoverishment, poorness, poverty |
| Has types | beggary, mendicancy, mendicity |
Examples of pauperism
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It invariably takes thirty years to get shut of them, by which time the country has been reduced to pauperism.
From the guardian.co.uk
Capitalism, imperialism, greediness, materialism, socialism, superiority complex and hatred towards pauperism.
From the economist.com
This period of Industrial Revolution was characterized by the appearance of a new social phenomena, baptized pauperism.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The result is that, to the great majority who do not wish to incur the stigma of pauperism, unemployment, sickness, and old age are very serious matters.
From the theatlantic.com
Ballard fizzled when she tried a comeback as a single act in 1968, suffered a series of nervous breakdowns and spent most of her final years in pauperism.
From the time.com
Statistics dealing with the state of pauperism in this sense convey not the amount of destitution actually prevalent, but the particulars of people in receipt of poor law relief.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Indigence: a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"
- Pauperism (Lat. pauper, poor) is a term meaning poverty or generally the state of being poor, but in English usage particularly the condition of being a "pauper", i.e. in receipt of relief administered under the poor law. ...
- (Paupers) Poverty is the lack of basic human needs, such as clean water, nutrition, health care, education, clothing and shelter, because of the inability to afford them. This is also referred to as absolute poverty or destitution. ...
- (The Paupers) The Paupers are a Canadian psychedelic rock band that recorded two albums for Verve Forecast in 1967 and 1968 and appeared at the Monterey International Pop Festival.
