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Pronunciation / Transliteration: geukbin
"그들은 극빈 상태에서 벗어나기 위해 매일 사투를 벌이고 있습니다."
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2 senses- 1
A state of extreme, hopeless poverty in which people lack basic human needs such as clean water, nutrition, health care, education, and shelter.
"Millions of people across the globe still live in abject poverty, struggling to secure a single daily meal." - 2
A condition of being utterly wretched, destitute, and devoid of any apparent means of improvement.
"The economic crisis plunged numerous families from the working class into abject poverty almost overnight."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'abject,' derived from the Latin 'abicere' (meaning to cast away or degrade), and 'poverty,' stemming from the Latin 'paupertas' (poor). Together, the phrase solidified in Modern English to denote a state of extreme, degrading deprivation stripped of all human dignity and basic necessities.
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pauvreté extrême
Transliteration: pauvʁəte ɛk.stʁɛm
"De nombreuses familles vivent dans une pauvreté extrême."
extreme Armut
Transliteration: ɛkˈstʁiːmə ˈaʁmuːt
"Viele Menschen weltweit leiden unter extremer Armut."
povertà assoluta
Transliteration: poverˈta asˈsolu.ta
"La crisi economica ha spinto molte persone nella povertà assoluta."
pobreza extrema
Transliteration: poˈβɾe.sa eksˈtɾe.ma
"El gobierno implementó nuevos programas para erradicar la pobreza extrema."
pobreza extrema
Transliteration: poˈbɾe.zɐ eksˈtɾe.mɐ
"O objetivo global é erradicar a pobreza extrema até 2030."
अत्यंत गरीबी
Transliteration: atyant garibi
"सरकार अत्यंत गरीबी को दूर करने के लिए प्रयास कर रही है।"
赤贫
Transliteration: chì pín
"扶贫工作帮助数百万人摆脱了赤贫。"
극빈
Transliteration: geukbin
"그들은 극빈 상태에서 벗어나기 위해 매일 사투를 벌이고 있습니다."
極度の貧困
Transliteration: kyokudo no hinkon
"世界中で多くの人々が極度の貧困に苦しんでいます。"
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