immiserate

Definitions

To impoverish (someone); to make someone sink into misery.

transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“The fun, pleasurable aspect of playbor troubles scholars because it seems to suggest⟳ that playborers are not exploited; exploitation is supposed to be immiserating, not fun.”

“Higher inequality, in part the result⟳ of a real estate boom that immiserated some and enriched others, meant more wealth in the hands of the high-saving rich.”

“These regimes will favor older people and contain⟳ and immiserate the young.”

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