noun
- plural of pauperization; instances or processes of reducing someone to poverty or the state of being poor
Usage: formal; typically used in historical, sociological, or economic contexts
Examples
- The pauperizations of rural communities resulted from industrial shifts in the 19th century.
- Historians studied the pauperizations caused by the Great Depression.
- Economic policies led to the pauperizations of entire regions.
- The pauperizations documented in the report revealed systemic inequality.
- Colonial exploitation caused widespread pauperizations among indigenous populations.