indigence
a state of extreme poverty or destitution - their indigence appalled him - a general state of need exists among the homeless • Syn: need, penury, pauperism, pauperization • Derivationally related forms: pauperize (for: pauperization), penurious (for: penury), needy (for: need), indigent • Hypernyms: poverty, poorness, impoverishment • Hyponyms: beggary, mendicancy, mendicity
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