pauperism
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈpɔːpərɪzəm/
- Formal
:
paupérisme
- Many families fell into pauperism during the economic downturn, struggling to afford basic necessities.
Examples
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Riis's views of pauperism actually derived more from psychological insights than from any narrow moralism.
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Additionally, the enumerators collected "social statistics" about taxes, crimes, schools, churches, wages, pauperism, mortality, and estate values.
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This relationship between the poor person and the world of labor, between pauperism and lack of work, came to light frequently in the 17th century.
Blog text (3) -
A second object of Riis's moral indignation was pauperism.
Academic text (1991) -
Riis's critique of pauperism, then, was based on a belief in the importance of the assertiveness of the poor.
Academic text (1991) -
The Poor Law Commissioners' Report of 1834, summarizing the failed program, called Speenhamland a "universal system of pauperism."
Blog text (11) -
The new boards were expected to remove the stigma of pauperism and take the payment of funds outside the hands of politically appointed, hence suspect, poor relief officers.
Academic text (1992) -
The tenement environment did not, however, excuse pauperism; Riis argued instead that the prevalence of pauperism within the tenements demonstrated the need to eradicate them.
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He saw pauperism as a "moral distemper" because he believed that the self-respect of able-bodied men is incompatible with their accepting alms.
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Because Riis was so unsympathetic to the plight of paupers, his condemnation of pauperism can seem excessively moralistic.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
564
2.1
A situation when people lack basic things such as food or shelter
550
2.0
A situation of having very little money and few things
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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
2
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 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 lack of money for basic needs like food and shelter
A state of having little or no money
A situation in which someone has very little money
The state of being very poor and having to beg for money or food
A situation where people ask strangers for money because they have none
To ask people for money or food in public because you have none
Antonyms
How Poor
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pauperism comes from the old word pauper meaning 'poor' and the ending -ism meaning 'a state or condition'. So, pauperism names the state of being very poor.