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单词 indigence
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indigence in American English

(ˈɪndɪdʒəns)
noun
the condition of being indigent
: also ˈindigency
SIMILAR WORDS:  ˈpoverty
Word origin
OFr < L indigentia

Examples of 'indigence' in a sentence
indigence

Industry and enterprise can break the vicious circles of indigence.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)

Synonyms of 'indigence'

poverty, want, need, distress
More Synonyms of indigence
(noun) 
Synonyms
poverty
Many people in the region still live in absolute poverty.
want
He said they were fighting for freedom from want.
need
the state of need in the developing world
distress
There was little support to help them in their distress.
necessity
They were reduced to begging through economic necessity.
privation (formal)
They endured years of privation during the war.
penury
He was brought up in penury, without education.
destitution
attempts made to relieve destitution

Additional synonyms

in the sense of destitution
attempts made to relieve destitution
Synonyms
pennilessness,
want,
distress,
dire straits,
privation (formal),
penury,
neediness,
beggary,
indigence,
pauperism,
impecuniousness,
utter poverty
in the sense of distress
Definition
financial trouble
There was little support to help them in their distress.
Synonyms
need,
suffering,
trouble,
trial,
difficulties,
poverty,
misery,
hard times,
hardship,
straits,
misfortune,
adversity,
calamity,
affliction,
privation (formal),
destitution,
ill-fortune,
ill-luck,
indigence
in the sense of necessity
Definition
great poverty
They were reduced to begging through economic necessity.
Synonyms
poverty,
need,
privation (formal),
penury,
destitution,
extremity,
indigence

Nearby words of
indigence

  • indictment
  • indifference
  • indifferent
  • indigence
  • indigenous
  • indigent
  • indigestion

Synonyms of 'indigence'

indigence

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