Impoverishment
noun
noun ·4 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The action of impoverishing someone. uncountable, usually
- 2 the act of making someone poor wordnet
- 3 The state of being impoverished. uncountable, usually
- 4 the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions wordnet
Example
More examples"Monolingualism means impoverishment."
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman empoverissement, from the Old French verb empoverir. By surface analysis, impoverish + -ment.