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PAUPERISATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pauperisation mean?
• PAUPERISATION (noun)
The noun PAUPERISATION has 1 sense:
1. the act of making someone poor
Familiarity information: PAUPERISATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of making someone poor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
impoverishment; pauperisation; pauperization
Hypernyms ("pauperisation" is a kind of...):
deprivation; privation (act of depriving someone of food or money or rights)
Derivation:
pauperise (reduce to beggary)
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