poverty
n. state of being poor, destitution, indigence; scantiness, deficiency, scarcity | ||||
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Poverty Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Poverty
(n.)
The quality or state of being poor or indigent; want or scarcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need.
(n.)
Any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or desired, or that constitute richness; as, poverty of soil; poverty of the blood; poverty of ideas.
(n.)
The quality or state of being poor or indigent; want or scarcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need.
(n.)
Any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or desired, or that constitute richness; as, poverty of soil; poverty of the blood; poverty of ideas.
| WordNet 2.0 |
poverty
Noun
1. the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
(synonym) poorness, impoverishment
(antonym) wealth, wealthiness
(hypernym) financial condition, economic condition
(hyponym) privation, want, deprivation
Noun
1. the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
(synonym) poorness, impoverishment
(antonym) wealth, wealthiness
(hypernym) financial condition, economic condition
(hyponym) privation, want, deprivation
| The Devil's Dictionary |
POVERTY
Poverty, (n.)
A file provided for the teeth of the rats of reform. The number of plans for its abolition equals that of the reformers who suffer from it, plus that of the philosophers who know nothing about it. Its victims are distinguished by possession of all the virtues and by their faith in leaders seeking to conduct them into a prosperity where they believe these to be unknown.
Poverty, (n.)
A file provided for the teeth of the rats of reform. The number of plans for its abolition equals that of the reformers who suffer from it, plus that of the philosophers who know nothing about it. Its victims are distinguished by possession of all the virtues and by their faith in leaders seeking to conduct them into a prosperity where they believe these to be unknown.
| hEnglish - advanced version |
poverty
poverty
\pov"er*ty\ (p&obreve;v"&etilde;r*t&ybreve;), n. [oe. poverte, of. poverté, f. pauvreté, fr. l. paupertas, fr. pauper poor. see poor.]
1. the quality or state of being poor or indigent; want or scarcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need. "swathed in numblest poverty." the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty. xxiii. 21.
2. any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or desired, or that constitute richness; as, poverty of soil; poverty of the blood; poverty of ideas.
poverty
grass (bot.), a name given to several slender grasses (as aristida dichotoma, and danthonia spicata) which often spring up on old and worn-out fields.
similar words(2)
poverty-stricken
poverty grass
poverty
\pov"er*ty\ (p&obreve;v"&etilde;r*t&ybreve;), n. [oe. poverte, of. poverté, f. pauvreté, fr. l. paupertas, fr. pauper poor. see poor.]
1. the quality or state of being poor or indigent; want or scarcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need. "swathed in numblest poverty." the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty. xxiii. 21.
2. any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or desired, or that constitute richness; as, poverty of soil; poverty of the blood; poverty of ideas.
poverty
grass (bot.), a name given to several slender grasses (as aristida dichotoma, and danthonia spicata) which often spring up on old and worn-out fields.
similar words(2)
poverty-stricken
poverty grass
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Tlodi
Tlodi, Tylodi = n. poverty, want
Tlodi, Tylodi = n. poverty, want
Poverty Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English-Latin Online Dictionary |
poverty
ieiunitas, paupertas
ieiunitas, paupertas
| Phobia |
Peniaphobia
Fear of poverty
Fear of poverty
Poverty Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary |
Adaliah
one that draws water; poverty; cloud; death
one that draws water; poverty; cloud; death
Anathoth
or Anath, answer; song; poverty
Jambres
poverty; bitter; a rebel
Jaresiah
the bed of the Lord; the Lord hath taken away; poverty
Machbenah
Machbanai, poverty; the smiting of his son
Poverty Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Poverty
Poverty is being without things, having little money, not many material possessions and in need of essential goods.
Poverty is understood in many senses. The main understandings of the term include:
- Descriptions of material need, typically including the necessities of daily living (food, clothing, shelter, and health care). Poverty in this sense may be understood as a condition in which a person or community is deprived of, and or lacks the essentials for a minimum standard of well-being and life. These essentials may be material resources such as food, safe drinking water, and shelter, or they may be social resources such as access to information, education, health care, social status, political power, or the opportunity to develop meaningful connections with other people in society.
- Descriptions of social relationships and need, including social exclusion , dependency , and the ability to participate in society. This would include education and information.
- Describing a (persistent) lack of income and wealth. The World Bank, for example, uses a global indicator of incomes of $1 or $2 a day. In relative terms disparities in income or wealth income disparities are seen as an indicator of poverty and the condition of poverty is linked to questions of scarcity and distribution of resources and power.
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