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View synonyms for pauperism
pauperism
[ paw-puh-riz-uhm ]
noun
- the state or condition of utter poverty.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pauperism1
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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.
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A substantial proportion of the excessive pauperism in the Redruth Union is thus accounted for.
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It is, perhaps, most clearly seen in such physical diseases as phthisis, to which one-seventh of all the pauperism is due.
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He was poor to the degree of pauperism, he had an incurable disease and he was almost absolutely in the power of tyrants.
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He becomes a pauper, and pauperism develops more rapidly than population and wealth.
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