Definition of IMMISERIZATION

immiserization

Meanings

Plural: immiserizations

Noun

  • The process of making miserable or poor, especially of a population as a whole; impoverishment, pauperization.

Origin / 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”).

Synonyms

immiseration

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