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immiseration (iou)



immiseration noun. M20.
[from IM-1 + MISER(ABLE + -ATION, translating German Verelendung.]
Impoverishment.
J. K. Galbraith The prospect of the progressive immiseration of the masses, worsening economic crises and..bloody revolution.
i'mmiserate verb trans. [back-form.] impoverish L20.
immiseri'zation noun = IMMISERATION M20.