pauperism

Questions about pauperism

What does pauperism mean?

pauperism means "a state of extreme poverty or destitution".

How many syllables are in pauperism?

pauperism has 3 syllables and divides as pau-pe-rism under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for pauperism?

Close synonyms include indigence, need, penury, pauperization. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pauperism a common word?

pauperism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.