pauperization

English Thesaurus

1. the act of making someone poor (noun.act)

hypernym	:	deprivation, privation,
definition	:	act of depriving someone of food or money or rights (noun.act)

2. a state of extreme poverty or destitution (noun.state)

hypernym	:	impoverishment, poorness, poverty,
definition	:	the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions (noun.state)

hyponym	:	beggary, mendicancy, mendicity,
definition	:	the state of being a beggar or mendicant (noun.state)

3. the act of making someone poor (noun.act)

derivation	:	deprive, impoverish,
definition	:	take away (verb.change)

derivation	:	impoverish,
definition	:	make poor (verb.possession)

derivation	:	beggar, pauperise, pauperize, beggar, pauperise, pauperize,
definition	:	reduce to beggary (verb.possession)

4. a state of extreme poverty or destitution (noun.state)

derivation	:	destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken,
definition	:	poor enough to need help from others (adj.all)

derivation	:	hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious, pinched,
definition	:	not having enough money to pay for necessities (adj.all)

5. the act of making someone poor (noun.act)

derivation	:	deprive, impoverish,
definition	:	take away (verb.change)

derivation	:	impoverish,
definition	:	make poor (verb.possession)

derivation	:	beggar, pauperise, pauperize, beggar, pauperise, pauperize,
definition	:	reduce to beggary (verb.possession)

6. a state of extreme poverty or destitution (noun.state)

derivation	:	destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken,
definition	:	poor enough to need help from others (adj.all)

derivation	:	hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious, pinched,
definition	:	not having enough money to pay for necessities (adj.all)