Definitions

pauperism

[paw-puh-riz-uhm] / ˈpɔ pəˌrɪz əm /

NOUN

bankruptcy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

default disaster failure insolvency liquidation loss

STRONG

defalcation destitution exhaustion indebtedness indigence lack nonpayment overdraft privation repudiation ruin ruination

WEAK

Chapter 11 destituteness

Antonyms

STRONGEST

accomplishment achievement success win

WEAK

richness solvency wealth

NOUN

beggary

Synonyms

STRONG

begging destitution impecuniousness impoverishment indigence mendicancy mendicity pennilessness penuriousness penury poorness

WEAK

impecuniosity

Antonyms

STRONG

wealth

NOUN

impecuniosity

Synonyms

WEAK

abjection aridity bankruptcy barrenness beggary dearth debt deficiency deficit depletion destitution difficulty distress emptiness exiguity famine hardship impecuniousness impoverishment inadequacy indigence insolvency insufficiency lack meagerness necessitousness necessity need neediness pass paucity pennilessness penuriousness penury pinch poorness privation reduction scarcity shortage starvation straits underdevelopment vacancy want

NOUN

impecuniousness

Synonyms

STRONG

abjection aridity bankruptcy barrenness beggary dearth debt deficiency deficit depletion destitution difficulty distress emptiness exiguity famine hardship impoverishment inadequacy indigence insolvency insufficiency lack meagerness necessity need neediness pass paucity pennilessness penuriousness penury pinch poorness privation reduction scarcity shortage starvation straits underdevelopment vacancy want

WEAK

impecuniosity necessitousness

Antonyms

STRONG

abundance adequacy advantage affluence benefit blessing comfort ease enough excess fill lot pleasure plenty profit satisfaction sufficiency surplus wealth

NOUN

impoverishment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

depletion famine hardship insolvency privation scarcity starvation underdevelopment

STRONG

abjection aridity bankruptcy barrenness beggary dearth debt deficiency deficit destitution difficulty distress emptiness exiguity impecuniousness inadequacy indigence insufficiency lack meagerness necessity need neediness pass paucity pennilessness penuriousness penury pinch poorness reduction shortage straits vacancy want

WEAK

impecuniosity necessitousness

Antonyms

STRONG

abundance adequacy advantage affluence comfort enough excess fill lot pleasure plenty satisfaction sufficiency wealth

NOUN

neediness

Synonyms

STRONG

abjection aridity bankruptcy barrenness beggary dearth debt deficiency deficit depletion destitution difficulty distress emptiness exiguity famine hardship impecuniousness impoverishment inadequacy indigence insolvency insufficiency lack meagerness necessity need pass paucity pennilessness penuriousness penury pinch poorness privation reduction scarcity shortage starvation straits underdevelopment vacancy want

WEAK

impecuniosity necessitousness

Antonyms

STRONG

abundance adequacy advantage affluence benefit blessing comfort ease enough excess fill lot pleasure plenty profit satisfaction sufficiency surplus wealth

NOUN

pennilessness

Synonyms

STRONG

abjection aridity bankruptcy barrenness beggary dearth debt deficiency deficit depletion destitution difficulty distress emptiness exiguity famine hardship impecuniousness impoverishment inadequacy indigence insolvency insufficiency lack meagerness necessity need neediness pass paucity penuriousness penury pinch poorness privation reduction scarcity shortage starvation straits underdevelopment vacancy want

WEAK

impecuniosity necessitousness

Antonyms

STRONG

abundance adequacy advantage affluence benefit blessing comfort ease enough excess fill lot pleasure plenty profit satisfaction sufficiency surplus wealth

NOUN

penuriousness

Synonyms

STRONG

abjection aridity bankruptcy barrenness beggary dearth debt deficiency deficit depletion destitution difficulty distress emptiness exiguity famine hardship impecuniousness impoverishment inadequacy indigence insolvency insufficiency lack meagerness necessity need neediness pass paucity pennilessness penury pinch poorness privation reduction scarcity shortage starvation straits underdevelopment vacancy want

WEAK

impecuniosity necessitousness

Antonyms

STRONG

abundance adequacy advantage affluence benefit blessing comfort ease enough excess fill lot pleasure plenty profit satisfaction sufficiency surplus wealth

NOUN

poverty

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bankruptcy debt deficit difficulty famine hardship lack scarcity shortage starvation underdevelopment

STRONG

abjection aridity barrenness beggary dearth deficiency depletion destitution distress emptiness exiguity impecuniousness impoverishment inadequacy indigence insolvency insufficiency meagerness necessity pass paucity pennilessness penury pinch poorness privation reduction straits vacancy

WEAK

necessitousness

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abundance ease enough excess plenty profit surplus

STRONG

adequacy advantage affluence fill sufficiency wealth

WEAK

luxury richness

NOUN

poverty line

Synonyms

WEAK

bare existence breadline hand-to-mouth existence mere existence poverty trap subsistence level

NOUN

privateer

Synonyms

STRONG

buccaneer corsair distress freebooter lack penury privation ship vessel

NOUN

want

Synonyms

STRONG

absence dearth default defect deficiency destitution exigency famine impecuniousness impoverishment inadequacy indigence insufficiency meagerness neediness paucity penury poorness poverty privation scantiness scarcity shortage

WEAK

exiguousness skimpiness

Antonyms

STRONG

abundance adequacy advantage affluence enough excess perfection plenty satisfaction sufficiency wealth

WEAK

disinterest dislike hate

Example Sentences

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The English have tried alms until the kingdom seems a vast Poor-house, and the problem of Pauperism has assumed a gigantic and almost insoluble form.

From The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them by Brace, Charles Loring

Everything was absurd, laughable, and poverty-stricken to his eyes; that is to say, Pauperism was so apparent on all sides, the whole business of life seemed to be carried on by make-shifts.

From Luttrell Of Arran Complete by Lever, Charles James

Pauperism will increase in the country on account of agricultural distress, and the home market for manufactures will suffer accordingly.

From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 by Various

Poverty and Pauperism, 26, 66, 76, 167, 175-178.

From Races and Immigrants in America by Commons, John R. (John Rogers)

Pauperism is the general leakage through every joint of the ship that is rotten.

From The Law and the Poor by Parry, Edward Abbott

pauperism

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