pauperization : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pauperization	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for pauperization
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pauperization n a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless" Synonym(s): indigence, need, penury, pauperism, pauperization the act of making someone poor Synonym(s): pauperization, pauperisation, impoverishment
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pauperization \Pau`periza"tion\, n. The act or process of reducing to pauperism. --C. Kingsley.