PAUPERISM Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

pauperism

noun

Definition of pauperism

as in poverty

the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions the banquet honored a philanthropist couple who spent their lives working to reduce pauperism in cities throughout the nation

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poverty

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If the main predictor of racial disparities in prison is poverty, then denouncing police and prosecutors as racist won't shrink those gaps.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
The result was 90% of farmers in the country living in poverty with virtually all of them drinking unclean water.

— Adam Duxter, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of poverty

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