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pauperization

pauperization noun: the act or process of reducing to poverty.

Noun

pauperization (countable and uncountable, plural pauperizations)

  1. The act or process of reducing to poverty.
    • the modern schemes for the amelioration which ignore the laws of competition, must end either in pauperization, […] or in the destruction of property1848, [Charles Kingsley], Yeast: A Problem. […], London: John W[illiam] Parker, […], published 1851, →OCLC

Forms of pauperization

pluralpauperizations

Origin of pauperization

From pauperize + -ation.

Questions about pauperization

What does pauperization mean?
Pauperization means the act or process of reducing to poverty.
What part of speech is pauperization?
Pauperization is a noun.
What is the plural of pauperization?
The plural of pauperization is pauperizations.

Words near pauperization in the dictionary

  1. pauperised
  2. pauperises
  3. pauperising
  4. pauperism
  5. pauperisms
  6. pauperization
  7. pauperizations
  8. pauperize
  9. pauperized
  10. pauperizer
  11. pauperizers

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