noun · countable / uncountable

immiserization

im·mi·ser·iz·at·ion

immiserization · immiserizations

Verelendung

The process of making miserable or poor, especially of a population as a wholeThe process of making miserable or poor, especially of a population as a whole; impoverishment, pauperization.

UK/ɪˌmɪzəɹaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/US/ɪˌmɪzəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/

Meaning

1 senses

(countable, uncountable)The process of making miserable or poor, especially of a population as a whole; impoverishment, pauperization.
Verelendung

Translations

5 languages

Deutsch

By meaning 1

process of making miserable or poor — see also impoverishment:

Origin

From im- (prefix meaning ‘in; into; to; towards’) + miser(able) + -ization (suffix denotin

From im- (prefix meaning ‘in; into; to; towards’) + miser(able) + -ization (suffix denoting the act, process, or result of doing or making something, forming nouns), a translation of German Verelendung (“immiseration, impoverishment”).

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