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pauperism

[paw-puh-riz-uhm] / ˈpɔ pəˌrɪz əm /














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"By the time of Queen Victoria's accession, the woollen-producing districts which had girdled mid Wales recorded some of the highest levels of pauperism in Britain," Prof Evans added.

From BBC

But in the half-century since Dr. King was assassinated in Memphis during his peaceful crusade against pauperism and racism, the city has been immersed in poverty, segregation and violence.

From New York Times

His patients, in his view, were miserable — and a future burden on the state, sure to lead to an uncontainable problem of “pauperism and criminality.”

From New York Times

This pauperism and extreme poverty also led to violence.

From Salon

Degenerate Strains.—A number of family records are now available which show convincing evidence of the hereditary nature of a degeneracy which finds expression in pauperism, immorality and crime.

From Project Gutenberg