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indigences

indigences is the plural of indigence.

Meaning of indigence

Noun

indigence (countable and uncountable, plural indigences)

  1. Extreme poverty or destitution.
    • On Professor Solanka’s street, well-heeled white youths lounged in baggy garments on roseate stoops, stylishly simulating indigence while they waited for the billionairedom that would surely be along sometime soon.2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 4
    Synonyms:
    indigency
    Antonyms:
    affluence

Questions about indigences

What is indigences the plural of?
Indigences is the plural of indigence.

Words near indigences in the dictionary

  1. indigen
  2. indigena
  3. indigenae
  4. indigenal
  5. indigence
  6. indigences
  7. indigencies
  8. indigency
  9. indigene
  10. indigeneities
  11. indigeneity

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