immiseration

noun

im·mis·er·a·tion (ˌ)i(m)-ˌmi-zə-ˈrā-shən

: the act of making miserable

especially : impoverishment

the immiseration of the working class —

C. R. Morris

immiserate

(ˌ)i(m)-ˈmi-zə-ˌrāt

transitive verb

immiserated; immiserating; immiserates

What Keynes would have found most disheartening, perhaps, is how economic theory has been used to immiserate the lives of the bottom half of the population. —

Charles R. Morris

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Robeson’s pursuit of racial equality, for everybody, won him persecution and immiseration and derailed his career. —

Wesley Morris, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2023 But then there’s a whole mess of affordability and displacement and financial immiseration that can really only be solved by tackling the problem of housing. —

The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 12 Apr. 2023 Such proximity to immiseration likely contributes to the sense of desperation on display at these gatherings. —

Adam Fleming Petty, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2023 El Moussa and Haack are flippers in Southern California who are alternately presented as hapless and cunning in their efforts to turn a quick profit while navigating the same landscape of immiseration. —

Curbed, 18 Mar. 2022 See all Example Sentences for immiseration