Impoverishment synonyms

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need
Necessity; obligation:
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neediness
The state of being needy
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poverty
Poverty is the state of being poor, having little money or being in need of a specific quality.
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beggary
Beggarly appearance.
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destitution
An extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support.
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impecuniosity
The state of being impecunious; impecuniousness
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impecuniousness
The property of being impecunious.
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indigence
The condition of being indigent
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pennilessness
The state or quality of being penniless.
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penuriousness
The quality of being penurious.
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penury
Penury is defined as extreme poverty or lacking basic necessities.
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privation
Lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life:
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want
The condition or quality of lacking something usual or necessary:
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attenuation
(Botany) The tapering of a leaf etc to a fine point.
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debilitation
The act or process of debilitating, or the condition of one who is debilitated; weakness.
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depletion
Depletion is defined as a reduction in number or quantity.
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devitalization
The act of devitalizing.
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enervation
State of being enervated; debility.
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rich (related)
A diminutive of the male given name Richard.
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strong (related)
A surname.
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pauperization
The act or process of reducing to pauperism.
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pauperisation
Alternative spelling of pauperization.
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poorness
The quality of being poor
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wealth (antonym)
A great amount; an abundance or plenty.
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underdevelopment (related)
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backwardness (related)
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marginalisation (related)
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enslavement (related)
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immiseration (related)
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landlessness (related)
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economic stagnation (related)
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destabilisation (related)
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Find another word for impoverishment. In this page you can discover 33 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for impoverishment, like: need, neediness, poverty, beggary, destitution, impecuniosity, impecuniousness, indigence, pennilessness, penuriousness and penury.
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Impoverishment Sentence Examples

  • The economic and moral condition of the peasantry was little improved by freedom, and in many districts there were signs of positive impoverishment and demoralization.

  • In the higher parts there are fine plains where Glaser found numerous Himyaritic remains, and which he considers were undoubtedly cultivated formerly, but they have long fallen out of cultivation owing to denudation and desiccation - the impoverishment of the country from these causes is increasing.

  • undermined as far as he could the right of control by the states-general, the right of remonstrance by the parlements, and the communal franchises, while ensuring the impoverishment of the municipalities by his fiscal methods.

  • His genius, assisted by the impoverishment of two generations, was like the oak which admits beneath its shade none but the smallest of saplings.

  • The P0 valley and the valleys of Emilia and the Romagna are best adapted for rice, but the area is diminishing on account of the competition of foreign rice and of the impoverishment of the soil by too intense cultivation.

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