impoverishment – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
impoverishment
n.
act of making poor, pauperization
Poverty
Poverty is general scarcity, , or the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money. It is a multifaceted concept, which includes social, economic, and political elements. Poverty may be defined as either absolute or relative.
Absolute poverty or
destitution refers to the lack of means necessary to meet basic needs such as food, clothing and shelter. Relative poverty takes into consideration individual social and economic status compared to the rest of society.
impoverishment
Noun
1. the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
(synonym) poverty, poorness
(hypernym) financial condition, economic condition
(hyponym) privation, want, deprivation
2. the act of making someone poor
(synonym) pauperization, pauperisation
(hypernym) privation, deprivation
(derivation) impoverish
Impoverishment
(n.)
The act of impoverishing, or the state of being impoverished; reduction to poverty.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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