Immiserate

//ɪˈmɪzəɹeɪt// verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To impoverish (someone); to make someone sink into misery. transitive

    "By far the most powerful dynamic conception of capitalism as a system wracked by unavoidable change is the classic Marxian view in which a working class is first immiserated, then disciplined, finally goaded beyond endurance by a system that systematically exploits and deceives it."

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immiserize

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"By far the most powerful dynamic conception of capitalism as a system wracked by unavoidable change is the classic Marxian view in which a working class is first immiserated, then disciplined, finally goaded beyond endurance by a system that systematically exploits and deceives it."

Etymology

Back-formation from immiseration.

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