Synonyms for "pauperism" (35 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (7)

indigencebare cupboardbare subsistencebeggarlinessbeggarydeprivationdestitution

Strong matches (11)

empty pursegrinding povertygripehand-to-mouth existencehomelessnessimpecuniousnessimpoverishmentlackmendicancy

Noun(2 words)

indigencemisery

Related words (17)

moneylessnessnecessitousnessnecessityneedneedinesspauperizationpenurypinchpoorpovertyprivationwant

Noun(5 words)

needpauperizationpennilessnesspenurypoverty

Related word relations

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4 relation types

More general

3 entries

impoverishmentpoornesspoverty

Synonyms

1 entries

indigence

derived from

1 entries

pauper

related to

2 entries

pauperpoverty

Translations

10 translations across 8 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries

• бедност noun (poverty)
• сиромашия noun (poverty)

French

1 entries

• paupérisme noun (poverty)

Galician

1 entries

• pauperismo noun (poverty)

German

1 entries

• Pauperismus noun (poverty)

Romanian

1 entries

• pauperism noun (poverty)

Swedish

1 entries

• fattigdom noun (poverty)

Telugu

1 entries

• పేదరికము noun (poverty)

Ukrainian

2 entries

• павпери́зм noun (poverty)
• паупери́зм noun (poverty)

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