antipoverty

[an-tee-pov-er-tee, an-tahy-]

adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of antipoverty¹

anti- + poverty

Example Sentences

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

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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.”

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They’re invariably aimed at antipoverty programs.

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Biden and Harris deployed the 2020 “Build Back Better” slogan as the basis for signature laws that spent trillions of dollars on infrastructure, environmental and antipoverty programs — using their campaign victory as a mandate to help win congressional approval.

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Workers who made less than $63,398 last year may qualify for the federal earned income tax credit, which is one of the government’s largest antipoverty programs.

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