immiserated
immiserated is the simple past and past participle of immiserate.
Meaning of immiserate
Verb
immiserate (third-person singular simple present immiserates, present participle immiserating, simple past and past participle immiserated)
- To impoverish (someone); to make someone sink into misery.
- By far the most powerful dynamic conception of capitalism as a system wracked by unavoidable change is the classic Marxian view in which a working class is first immiserated, then disciplined, finally goaded beyond endurance by a system that systematically exploits and deceives it.1971 November 28, Robert L. Heilbroner, “Phase II of the Capitalist System”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- Synonyms:
- depauperate, destitute, pauperize, beggar, depauperize, embeggar, empoverish, impoor, impoverish, poor
Adjective
immiserated (comparative more immiserated, superlative most immiserated)
- Poor, impoverished; destitute.
- When Marxists believed that socialism was inevitable, there was no need to explain why it was desirable. It was simply the end point of a predetermined sequence of historical developments. Capitalism would self-destruct, due to its inner contradictions, and the increasingly immiserated workers...2001, Will Kymlicka, Contemporary Political Philosophy, Oxford University Press, page 167
- A rash of suicides among its workers is part of the reason for Foxconn’s relocation to the still poorer and more immiserated interior of the Heavenly People’s Republic.2011, Will Self, “The frowniest spot on Earth”, in London Review of Books, XXXIII.9
Forms of immiserated
| comparative | more immiserated |
|---|---|
| superlative | most immiserated |
Questions about immiserated
- What does immiserated mean?
- Immiserated means poor, impoverished; destitute.
- What is immiserated the simple past and past participle of?
- Immiserated is the simple past and past participle of immiserate.
- What part of speech is immiserated?
- Immiserated is an adjective.
Words near immiserated in the dictionary
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