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pauperism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables
pau-perism
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of being a pauper; poverty.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English pauper Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English pauperism From pauper + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

pauperisms (plural)

Synonyms

indigence need penury pauperization

Questions

What does pauperism mean?
The state of being a pauper; poverty.
Where does pauperism come from?
Etymology tree English pauper Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English pauperism From pauper + -ism.

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