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10 Language-to-English Dictionariespauperização
Pronunciation / Transliteration: paw.pe.ɾi.zaˈsɐ̃w
"O desemprego prolongado levou à rápida pauperização das famílias."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The action or process of reducing someone to the state of a pauper; the process of making someone extremely poor.
"The rapid industrial changes led to the widespread pauperization of the artisanal working class." - 2
The state of becoming impoverished or dependent on public assistance.
"Economists warned that unchecked inflation would result in the structural pauperization of the middle class."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin root 'pauper' (poor), via French and English suffixation processes originating in the 19th century. The term emerged during the Industrial Revolution to describe the sociological and economic process of reducing a population or group to extreme poverty.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Pauperization" is said worldwide
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paupérisation
Transliteration: pop.e.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃
"La crise économique a accéléré la paupérisation des zones rurales."
Verelendung
Transliteration: fɛɐ̯ˈʔɛləndʊŋ
"Die Theorie beschreibt die zunehmende Verelendung der Arbeiterschaft."
pauperizzazione
Transliteration: pau.pe.rid.dzaˈtsjo.ne
"Il fenomeno della pauperizzazione colpisce diverse fasce della popolazione."
pauperización
Transliteration: paw.pe.ɾi.萨ˈsjon
"Las políticas de ajuste provocaron la pauperización de la clase media."
pauperização
Transliteration: paw.pe.ɾi.zaˈsɐ̃w
"O desemprego prolongado levou à rápida pauperização das famílias."
निर्धनलीकरण
Transliteration: nirdhanalíkaran
"आर्थिक नीतियों के कारण मजदूरों का निर्धनलीकरण हुआ।"
贫困化
Transliteration: pín kùn huà
"经济危机导致了工人阶级的贫困化。"
빈곤화
Transliteration: bingonhwa
"자본주의 발전은 노동자 계급의 빈곤화를 초래했다."
極貧化
Transliteration: gokuhinka
"その政策は中流層の極貧化を進める結果となった。"
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