Vocabulary Builder — Essay & Answer Writing
Immiseration
noun
/ im-miz-uh-RAY-shun /
Hard
Meaning
The process of being made progressively poorer or more miserable, especially by economic forces.
Origin / Etymology
Latin miser (wretched) with the prefix in (into), modelled on the German Verelendung used in economic theory
Synonyms
Impoverishment
Pauperisation
Destitution
Antonyms
Enrichment
Upliftment
Prosperity
Example Sentence
"Repeated climate shocks without social protection risk the immiseration of small and marginal farmers."
🎯 UPSC Usage
A powerful Essay and GS3 word for describing structural poverty traps, deindustrialisation and distress migration.
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