antipoverty

American  

[an-tee-pov-er-tee, an-tahy-] / ˌæn tiˈpɒv ər ti, ˌæn taɪ- /

adjective

1. designed or directed to reduce or abolish poverty (used especially in describing certain governmental programs).

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Etymology

Origin of antipoverty

anti- + poverty

Example Sentences

But even if we accept Mr. Albertus’s view that “our lives today are determined by the choices that were made when the land shifted hands” over the past two centuries, it does not follow that shifting land around is more effective an antipoverty tool than, say, investing in education or urban sanitation.

From The Wall Street Journal

His dream of springboarding into politics with an antipoverty message was fizzling, too.

From The Wall Street Journal

Urban violence was presented as proof that antipoverty programs didn’t work.

From Salon

Erstwhile liberals like Daniel Patrick Moynihan began flirting with conservatism, in his case proclaiming that the best antipoverty project for Black urban residents would be the government’s “benign neglect.”

From Salon

They’re invariably aimed at antipoverty programs.

From Los Angeles Times