Pauperism /(?)/

Pau·per·ism

Pauperism

n.

[Cf. F. paupérisme.]

The state of being a pauper; the state of indigent persons requiring support from the community.

Syn. -- Poverty; indigence; penury; want; need; destitution. See Poverty.

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