Dictionary

immiserization en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪˌmɪzəɹaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɪˌmɪzəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/ (General-American)

Etymology

From im- (prefix meaning ‘in; into; to; towards’) + miser(able) + -ization (suffix denoting the act, process, or result of doing or making something, forming nouns), a translation of German Verelendung (“immiseration, impoverishment”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The process of making miserable or poor, especially of a population as a whole; impoverishment, pauperization.

Forms

Deriveds

immiserize · immiserification

Synonyms

immiseration

Translations (8)

fr paupérisation (process of making miserable or poor — see also impoverishment) · de Verelendung (process of making miserable or poor — see also impoverishment) · ota خراب (process of making miserable or poor — see also impoverishment) · it pauperizzazione (process of making miserable or poor — see also impoverishment) · it impoverimento (process of making miserable or poor — see also impoverishment) · es empobrecimiento (process of making miserable or poor — see also impoverishment) · fi kurjistus (process of making miserable or poor — see also impoverishment) · pl zubażanie (process of making miserable or poor — see also impoverishment)