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Impoverishment

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The action of impoverishing someone. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    the act of making someone poor wordnet
  3. 3
    The state of being impoverished. uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions wordnet

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman empoverissement, from the Old French verb empoverir. By surface analysis, impoverish + -ment.

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