Pauperization

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pauperization \Pau`per*i*za"tion\, n.
     The act or process of reducing to pauperism. --C. Kingsley.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  pauperization
       n 1: a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence
            appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the
            homeless" [syn: {indigence}, {need}, {penury}, {beggary},
             {pauperism}]
       2: the act of making someone poor [syn: {pauperisation}, {impoverishment}]