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impoverishment

/ɪmˈpɒv.ər.ɪʃ.mənt/

/ɪmˈpɑː.vɚ.ɪʃ.mənt/

Translations

impoverishmentnoun

impoverishments

The war resulted in the impoverishment of the entire region.

La guerre a entraîné l'appauvrissement de toute la région.

Additional translations

pauvretéPour le sens d'état de grande pauvreté.

Synonyms

impoverishmentadjective

/ɪmˈpɒv.ər.ɪʃ.mənt/

/ɪmˈpɑː.vɚ.ɪʃ.mənt/

Functions attributively before nouns (e.g., "impoverishment rate"), therefore treated as adjective.

appauvrissantPour qualifier un processus, une politique ou un facteur qui provoque un appauvrissement.

Impoverishment policies can have long-lasting economic effects.

Des politiques appauvrissantes peuvent avoir des effets économiques durables.

impoverishmentnoun

The state of being extremely poor or lacking basic resources.

The impoverishment of the rural areas has led to a mass migration to the cities.

The process of becoming poor or the act of making someone or something poor.

The war resulted in the impoverishment of the entire region.

The act or result of reducing the richness, fertility, or quality of something.

Overfarming led to the impoverishment of the soil.

impoverishmentadjective

Relating to or involving impoverishment; causing or characterized by poverty or depletion.

Impoverishment policies can have long-lasting economic effects.