Noun: pauperisation ,po-pu-ru'zey-shun [N. Amer], ,po-pu-rI'zey-shun [Brit]
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: pauperization)
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: pauperization)
- The act of making someone poor
"The economic crisis led to the pauperisation of many middle-class families";
- pauperization, impoverishment
Derived forms: pauperisations
Type of: deprivation, privation