pauperization

American  

[paw-per-ahy-zay-shuhn] / ˌpɔ pər aɪˈzeɪ ʃən /

noun

• pauperizations
  plural

1. the act or process of pauperizing; the action of making someone poor.

2. the state of being a pauper; poverty.

---

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• pauperizations
  plural

---

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

pauperization

I don't like to shop at Wal-Mart but sometimes I can't afford not to and thereby support the continued pauperization of my fellow workers.

From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2013

Since Algeria is unable at present to feed more than 3,000,000 people, the result has been mass pauperization.

From Time Magazine Archive

Scarcity was followed by a terrible pauperization of the labouring classes.

From History of the English People, Volume VIII Modern England, 1760-1815 by John Richard Green

By forfeitures, consequent poverty and ultimate pauperization, many of the Lombard stock lost their rank and their lands and entered the same state of vassalage with the great body of the people.

From The Communes of Lombardy from the VI. to the X. Century An Investigation of the Causes Which Led to the Development Of Municipal Unity Among the Lombard Communes. by William Klapp Williams

Discuss how relief can be given without pauperization.

From The Complete Club Book for Women Including Subjects, Material and References for Study Programs; together with a Constitution and By-Laws; Rules of Order; Instructions how to make a Year Book; Suggestions for Practical Community Work; a Resume of what Some Clubs are Doing, etc., etc. by Caroline French Benton

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

---