immiserate

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immiserate

  • /ɪˈmɪzəɹeɪt/

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Back-formation from immiseration.

verb immiserates · immiserating · immiserated

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

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