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pauperism

[ paw-puh-riz-uh m ]

/ ˈpɔ pəˌrɪz əm /

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noun

the state or condition of utter poverty.

Origin of pauperism

First recorded in 1805–15; pauper + -ism

Words nearby pauperism

paumgartner, paumotu archipelago, paunch, paunchy, pauper, pauperism, pauperize, paupiette, paur, pauraque, pauropod

Example sentences from the Web for pauperism

Personal contact with the pauperism of large cities has sent this conviction home to many practical minds.

The College, the Market, and the Court |Caroline H. Dall
Hence, no pauperism to be compared with that of England; no plutocracy such as we have in America.

Direct Legislation by the Citizenship through the Initiative and Referendum |James W. Sullivan
And this, too, explains the apparent advantage which the South has over the North in the matter of pauperism and distress.

Conflict of Northern and Southern Theories of Man and Society |Henry Ward Beecher
In this way the path to pauperism was made so easy and agreeable that a large portion of the laboring classes drifted along it.

The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources |Daniel J. MacDonald

"Rent swallows up the whole gain, and pauperism accompanies progress" (p. 158).

Contemporary Socialism |John Rae