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pauperism|ˈpɔːpərɪz(ə)m|
[f. pauper n. + -ism. Hence mod.F. paupérisme (Dict. Acad. 1878), mod.Ger. pauperismus.]
The condition of paupers; the existence of a pauper class; poverty, with dependence on public relief, as an established condition or fact among a people. Hence concr. the pauper class, paupers collectively.
1815W. Clarkson (title) An Inquiry into the Cause of the Increase of Pauperism and Poor's Rates. 1818in Todd. 1825Cobbett Rur. Rides 273 Be astonished, if you can, at the pauperism and the crimes that disgrace this once happy and moral England. 1827Whately Logic (1837) 229 An increase of pauperism, i.e. of the habit of depending on parish-pay. 1857Toulmin Smith Parish 145 Thenceforth ‘pauperism’ became a caste in England. 1876Fawcett Pol. Econ. ii. viii. 232 Pauperism is still one of the most formidable social and economic difficulties. |