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impoverishment en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman empoverissement, from the Old French verb empoverir. By surface analysis, impoverish + -ment.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) The action of impoverishing someone.
  2. (uncountable, usually) The state of being impoverished.

Forms

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impoverishments Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

immiseration

Translations (19)

pl zubażanie (action of impoverishing someone) · ru обнища́ние (state of being impoverished) · it impoverimento (state of being impoverished) · pl zubożenie (state of being impoverished) · ca empobriment (state of being impoverished) · fr appauvrissement (state of being impoverished) · hu elszegényítés (action of impoverishing someone) · ro sărăcire (action of impoverishing someone) · uk зубо́жіння (state of being impoverished) · be абядненне (state of being impoverished) · uk збідні́ння (state of being impoverished) · hu elszegényedés (state of being impoverished) · mi whakapōharatanga (action of impoverishing someone) · mi pōharatanga (state of being impoverished) · el εξαθλίωση (state of being impoverished) · de Verarmung (state of being impoverished) · ca empobriment (action of impoverishing someone) · ru обедне́ние (state of being impoverished) · ota خراب (state of being impoverished)