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impoverishment |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Impoverishment \Im*pov"er*ish*ment\, n. [Cf. OF empoverissement and F. appauvrissement.] The act of impoverishing, or the state of being impoverished; reduction to poverty. --Sir W. Scott. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: impoverishment n 1: the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions [syn: {poverty}, {poorness}] [ant: {wealth}] 2: the act of making poor [syn: {pauperization}]
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