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Definition of pauperism - 3 dictionary results

pau⋅per⋅ism

[paw-puh-riz-uhm]
–noun
the state or condition of utter poverty.

Origin:
1805–15; pauper + -ism
pau·per·ism   (pô'pə-rĭz'əm)   
n.  The quality or state of being a pauper.

Pauperism

Pau"per*ism\, n. [Cf. F. paup['e]risme.] The state of being a pauper; the state of indigent persons requiring support from the community. --Whatly.

Syn: Poverty; indigence; penury; want; need; destitution. See Poverty.
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