'Pauperization' definitions:
Definition of 'pauperization'
(from WordNet)
noun
A state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless" [syn: indigence, need, penury, pauperism, pauperization]
noun
The act of making someone poor [syn: pauperization, pauperisation, impoverishment]
Definition of 'Pauperization'
From: GCIDE
- Pauperization \Pau`per*i*za"tion\, n. The act or process of reducing to pauperism. --C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster]