From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pauperization \Pau'per*i*za"tion\, noun The act or process of reducing to pauperism. --C. Kingsley.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless" [syn: {indigence}, {need}, {penury}, {beggary}, {pauperism}]
2: the act of making someone poor [syn: {pauperisation}, {impoverishment}]
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