moneylessness
moneylessness noun: lack of money: poverty.
Noun
moneylessness (uncountable)
- Lack of money: poverty.
- Synonyms:
- pennilessness, impoverishment, penury, brokeness, beggary, destitution, impecuniosity, impecuniousness, indigence, mendicancy
- A (real or hypothetical) state in which economic activity happens without money as the medium of exchange.
- Some versions of utopian communism envisioned true moneylessness; others envisioned money and prices but under centrally planned control.
Synonyms of moneylessness
- pennilessness
- impoverishment
- penury
- brokeness
- beggary
- destitution
- impecuniosity
- impecuniousness
- indigence
- mendicancy
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Origin of moneylessness
From moneyless + -ness.
Questions about moneylessness
- What does moneylessness mean?
- Moneylessness means lack of money: poverty.
- What part of speech is moneylessness?
- Moneylessness is a noun.
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