Associations to the word «Impoverishment»

Wiktionary

IMPOVERISHMENT, noun. The action of impoverishing someone.
IMPOVERISHMENT, noun. The state of being impoverished.

Dictionary definition

IMPOVERISHMENT, noun. The state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions.
IMPOVERISHMENT, noun. The act of making someone poor.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.