impoverishment
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6.8
- noun
- /ɪmˈpɑvərɪʃmənt/
:
empobrecimiento
- In fact, growing impoverishment and displacement have only increased the vulnerability and insecurity of children.
- spousal impoverishment
- lifelong impoverishment
- economic impoverishment
Examples
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The report highlighted the impact of environmental changes on the impoverishment of rural households.
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Furthermore, what terrible times of war plague, impoverishment and defeat?
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Loss of land and forest resources often results in impoverishment and growing dependence on government assistance for survival.
Academic text (2011) -
The other side of this process of impoverishment was, of course, the increased concentration of wealth among high-income groups.
Academic text (1991) -
Whereas evidence of external aggression is negligible, the consequences of impoverishment are witnessed daily in increasing crime and social unrest.
Academic text (1993) -
Hunnicutt and Broidy (2004) demonstrate that the impoverishment of women leads to increased female criminal activity.
Academic text (2008) -
Infants born to mothers who experienced lifelong impoverishment had a first-year mortality rate of 23 per 1,000.
Academic text (2011) -
The problem in a nutshell seems to be an emotional impoverishment that robs Marcher's mental life of interpretive value.
Academic text (1992) -
The impoverishment of the community made it difficult for families to meet their basic needs.
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After years of economic decline, the city's impoverishment was evident in the increasing number of homeless people.
Synonyms
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2.1
A situation when people lack basic things such as food or shelter
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2.0
A situation of having very little money and few things
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6.2
Not having basic things you need, like food, shelter, or sleep
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7.9
A situation when someone has no money, home, or way to live
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9.3
A lack of basic things needed to live, like food or shelter
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9.7
A situation with almost no money and few basic things needed to live
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2.5
A situation when someone has little money and few belongings
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9.9
A state of being very poor with almost nothing
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9.9
A very poor state where someone has almost no money, food, or shelter
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6.8
A situation when someone has no money
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4.6
Being very poor and not having basic things like food and shelter
A process in which people become very poor
A lack of money for basic needs like food and shelter
A state of having little or no money
Antonyms
How Poor
Surface Forms
Morphology
impoverishment = impoverish (semi-transparent) = im + pover + ish + ment
Forming a noun from the verb 'impoverish' with the productive suffix '-ment' is a straightforward and regular derivation.
Etymology
Impoverishment comes from the parts im- (a prefix meaning 'make' or 'in') and poverty, which comes from an old word for 'poor'. So, impoverishment is the process or state of being made poor or losing the basic things you need.