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Pronunciation / Transliteration: geukbin
"그들은 극빈 상태에서 벗어나기 위해 애쓰고 있다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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The state of being extremely poor and lacking the means to provide for oneself.
"Many families were driven to absolute destitution by the economic collapse."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: from Latin destitutio(n-), from the verb destituere 'forsake' (see destitute).
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Destitution" is said worldwide
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dénuement
Transliteration: denuement
"Cette famille vit dans un dénuement complet."
Entbehrung
Transliteration: Entbehrung
"Der Krieg führte zu bitterster Armut und Entbehrung."
indigenza
Transliteration: indigenza
"Molte persone vivono in condizioni di totale indigenza."
destitución
Transliteration: destitucion
"La crisis económica ha sumido a miles de personas en la destitución."
destituição
Transliteration: destituicao
"A extrema pobreza levou muitas famílias à destituição."
निधनता
Transliteration: nidhanata
"देश में अत्यधिक निधनता एक गंभीर समस्या है।"
赤贫
Transliteration: chìpín
"这场自然灾害使许多村民陷入了赤贫。"
극빈
Transliteration: geukbin
"그들은 극빈 상태에서 벗어나기 위해 애쓰고 있다."
極貧
Transliteration: gokuhin
"戦争によって多くの人々が極貧に陥った。"
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