Definition of impoverishment Impoverishment
/ɪmpɑˈvɹɪʃmʌnt/ - [impavrishmunt] - im•pov•er•ish•ment
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What does impoverishment mean?
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| impoverishment - the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions | ||
| poverty, poorness | ||
| wealthiness, wealth the quality of profuse abundance; "she has a wealth of talent" | ||
| financial condition the condition of (corporate or personal) finances | ||
| neediness, privation, deprivation, want the quality of needing attention and affection and reassurance to a marked degree; "he recognized her neediness but had no time to respond to it" | ||
| destitution a state without friends or money or prospects | ||
| indigence, pauperism, penury, pauperization, need a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless" | ||
| impoverishment - the act of making someone poor | ||
| pauperization, pauperisation | ||
| privation, deprivation act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- impoverishment (Noun)
The action of impoverishing someone. - impoverishment (Noun)
The state of being impoverished.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- impoverishment (n.)
The act of impoverishing, or the state of being impoverished; reduction to poverty.
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impoverishment
The state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
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🔤- impoverishment, noun, singular of impoverishments.
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