| NOUN | state | indigence, need, penury, pauperism, pauperization | a state of extreme / extreme poverty or destitution |
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| Meaning | A state of extreme / extreme poverty or destitution. | |
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| Example | "their indigence appalled him" | |
| Synonyms | need, penury, pauperism, pauperization | |
| Narrower | beggary, mendicancy, mendicity | The state of being a beggar or mendicant |
| Broader | poverty, poorness, impoverishment | The state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions |
| Spanish | indigencia, miseria, necesidad, pauperismo, penuria, pobreza extrema | |
| Catalan | extrema pobresa, indigència, misèria, necessitat, pauperisme, penúria | |
| Adjectives | indigent | poor enough to need help from others |
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