Pauperism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being a pauper; poverty. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution wordnet

Synonyms

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indigencebare cupboardbare subsistencebeggarlinessbeggarydeprivation

Etymology

From pauper + -ism.

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