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pauperism

[ paw-puh-riz-uhm ]

noun

  1. the state or condition of utter poverty.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pauperism1

First recorded in 1805–15; pauper + -ism

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Example Sentences

How small are the masses of pauperism which we bring together, compared with the congestion of one vast House.

A substantial proportion of the excessive pauperism in the Redruth Union is thus accounted for.

It is, perhaps, most clearly seen in such physical diseases as phthisis, to which one-seventh of all the pauperism is due.

He was poor to the degree of pauperism, he had an incurable disease and he was almost absolutely in the power of tyrants.

He becomes a pauper, and pauperism develops more rapidly than population and wealth.

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