immiserization
nounUK /ɪˌmɪzəɹaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ · US /ɪˌmɪzəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/
Etymology 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”).
1
The process of making miserable or poor, especially of a population as a whole; impoverishment, pauperization.
- Derived terms
- immiserification, immiserize