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    INDIGENCE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A state of extreme poverty or destitutionplay

    Example:

    a general state of need exists among the homeless

    Synonyms:

    indigence; need; pauperism; pauperization; penury

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("indigence" is a kind of...):

    impoverishment; poorness; poverty (the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "indigence"):

    beggary; mendicancy; mendicity (the state of being a beggar or mendicant)

    Derivation:

    indigent (poor enough to need help from others)

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