immiserate
English
Etymology
Back-formation from immiseration.
Verb
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- (transitive) To impoverish or sink into misery.
- 1971 Nov. 28, Robert L. Heilbroner, "Phase II of the Capitalist System," New York Times (retrieved 8 Dec 2016):
- By far the most powerful dynamic conception of capitalism as a system wracked by unavoidable change is the classic Marxian view in which a working class is first immiserated, then disciplined, finally goaded beyond endurance by a system that systematically exploits and deceives it.
- 1971 Nov. 28, Robert L. Heilbroner, "Phase II of the Capitalist System," New York Times (retrieved 8 Dec 2016):
Related terms
Translations
impoverish
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