About The Word Pauperism
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Pauperism
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What's The Definition Of Pauperism?
[n] a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Pauperism: beggary | indigence | need | pauperization | penury Related Terms | Find terms related to Pauperism: bare cupboard | bare subsistence | beggarliness | beggary | deprivation | destitution | empty purse | grinding poverty | gripe | hand-to-mouth existence | homelessness | impecuniousness | impoverishment | indigence | lack | mendicancy | moneylessness | necessitousness | necessity | need | neediness | pauperization | penury | pinch | privation | want See Also | impoverishment | poorness | poverty Pauperism In Webster's Dictionary \Pau"per*ism\, n. [Cf. F. paup['e]risme.]
The state of being a pauper; the state of indigent persons
requiring support from the community. --Whatly.
Syn: Poverty; indigence; penury; want; need; destitution. See
{Poverty}.
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