PAUPERIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pauperization mean? 

• PAUPERIZATION (noun)
  The noun PAUPERIZATION has 2 senses:

1. a state of extreme poverty or destitution

2. the act of making someone poor

  Familiarity information: PAUPERIZATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAUPERIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state of extreme poverty or destitution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

indigence; need; pauperism; pauperization; penury

Context example:

a general state of need exists among the homeless

Hypernyms ("pauperization" is a kind of...):

impoverishment; poorness; poverty (the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pauperization"):

beggary; mendicancy; mendicity (the state of being a beggar or mendicant)

Derivation:

pauperize (reduce to beggary)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of making someone poor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

impoverishment; pauperisation; pauperization

Hypernyms ("pauperization" is a kind of...):

deprivation; privation (act of depriving someone of food or money or rights)

Derivation:

pauperize (reduce to beggary)