Immiserated
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 simple past and past participle of immiserate form-of, participle, past
- 1 Poor, impoverished; destitute.
"When Marxists believed that socialism was inevitable, there was no need to explain why it was desirable. It was simply the end point of a predetermined sequence of historical developments. Capitalism would self-destruct, due to its inner contradictions, and the increasingly immiserated workers would have no choice but to overthrow it."
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More examples"When Marxists believed that socialism was inevitable, there was no need to explain why it was desirable. It was simply the end point of a predetermined sequence of historical developments. Capitalism would self-destruct, due to its inner contradictions, and the increasingly immiserated workers would have no choice but to overthrow it."
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