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PRONUNCIATION OF INDIGENCE

indigence  [ˈɪndɪdʒəns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INDIGENCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Indigence is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INDIGENCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Classifications of poor used in the Poor Law system

Classifications of poor used in the Poor Law system classified people into categories for those considered deserving of poor relief and those who were not considered deserving of poor relief. ▪ The impotent poor could not look after themselves or go to work. They included the ill, the infirm, the elderly, and children with no one to properly care for them. It was generally held that they should be looked after. ▪ The able-bodied poor normally referred to those who were unable to find work – either due to cyclical or long term unemployment in the area, or a lack of skills. Attempts to assist these people, and move them out of this category, varied over the centuries, but usually consisted of relief either in the form of work or money. ▪ The idle poor were of able body but were unwilling to work. They were not considered deserving of poor relief. ▪ Vagrants or beggars, sometimes termed "sturdy rogues", were those who could work but had refused to. Such people were seen in the 16th and 17th centuries as potential criminals, apt to do mischief when hired for the purpose.

Definition of indigence in the English dictionary

The definition of indigence in the dictionary is extreme poverty.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INDIGENCE


allegiance
əˈliːdʒəns
birefringence
ˌbaɪrɪˈfrɪndʒəns
convergence
kənˈvɜːdʒəns
counterintelligence
ˌkaʊntərɪnˈtɛlɪdʒəns
diligence
ˈdɪlɪdʒəns
divergence
daɪˈvɜːdʒəns
emergence
ɪˈmɜːdʒəns
exigence
ˈɛksɪdʒəns
indulgence
ɪnˈdʌldʒəns
intelligence
ɪnˈtɛlɪdʒəns
intransigeance
ɪnˈtrænsɪdʒəns
intransigence
ɪnˈtrænsɪdʒəns
misintelligence
ˌmɪsɪnˈtelɪdʒəns
negligence
ˈnɛɡlɪdʒəns
resurgence
rɪˈsɜːdʒəns
subintelligence
ˌsʌbɪnˈtɛlɪdʒəns
unintelligence
ˌʌnɪnˈtɛlɪdʒəns
urgence
ˈɜːdʒəns
vengeance
ˈvɛndʒəns
vergence
ˈvɜːdʒəns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INDIGENCE

indigen
indigency
indigene
indigenisation
indigenise
indigenity
indigenization
indigenize
indigenous
Indigenous Australian
indigenously
indigenousness
indigent
indigently
indigest
indigested
indigestibility
indigestible
indigestibleness
indigestibly

WORDS THAT END LIKE INDIGENCE

actionable intelligence
artificial intelligence
at your convenience
contingence
criminal negligence
Declaration of Indulgence
divulgence
effulgence
emotional intelligence
gross negligence
machine intelligence
marketing intelligence
mergence
overindulgence
re-emergence
refulgence
self-indulgence
social intelligence
submergence
swarm intelligence
tangence

Synonyms and antonyms of indigence in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INDIGENCE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «indigence» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of indigence

Translation of «indigence» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INDIGENCE

Find out the translation of indigence to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of indigence from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «indigence» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

贫困
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

indigencia
570 millions of speakers

English

indigence
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्वदेशी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العوز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бедность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

indigência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অভাব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

indigence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ketekunan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bedürftigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

極貧
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

indigence
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Indigence
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bần cùng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வறுமை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वैरता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yoksullluk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

indigenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nędza
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бідність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sărăcie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ένδεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hulpbehoewendheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

indigence
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

indigence
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of indigence

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INDIGENCE»

The term «indigence» is normally little used and occupies the 116.840 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of indigence
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INDIGENCE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «indigence» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «indigence» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about indigence

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INDIGENCE»

Discover the use of indigence in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to indigence and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Guilty of Indigence: The Urban Poor in China, 1900-1953
Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions.
Janet Y. Chen, 2012
2
Adventures in Indigence; and Other Essays
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 edition.
Laura Spencer Portor, 2012
3
Courting History: The Landmark International Criminal ...
Determining eligibility for legal aid: Calculating indigence An applicant must show that he or she does not have the means to pay for legal representation to qualify for legal aid. To understand the threshold for determining a defendant's ...
‎2008
4
Bentley's Miscellany
INDIGENCE AND BENEVOLENCE. PAKT II. BELIEF OF THE POOR. We have seen that the amount of false indigence is vast and varied ; that it is fostered and encouraged by mistaken benevolence, and that it is fraught with multitudinous evils ...
Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith, 1840
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Middle English Dictionary
B.l04: O hateful harm, condi- cion of pouertel . . Maugree thyn heed thou most, for indigence, Or stele or begge or borwe thy despence. Ibid. ll4: Bet is to dyen than haue indigence. (al393) Gower CA 7.2028: A king behoveth ek to fle The vice of ...
Hans Kurath, Robert E. Lewis, 1968
6
William Blake and the Impossible History of the 1790s
36. See Patrick Colquhoun, A Plan for the Purpose of Affording Extensive Relief to the Poor (London, 1795). 37. Essay on Trade and Commerce (London, 1770), p. 60. 38. Ibid., p. 52. 39. See Patrick Colquhoun, The State of Indigence, and the  ...
Saree Makdisi, 2007
7
Social Panorama of Latin America 2005
Figure 1 LATIN AMERICA: POVERTY AND INDIGENCE TRENDS, 1 990-2005' Percentage of population Number of people 1990 1997 2000 2001 2002 2003b 2004b 2005b 1990 1997 2000 2001 2002 2003' 20046 2005b • Indigent ...
United Nations, 2006
8
Reward of Congregations
The sphere of indigence consists of two sorts of chains of saints. One is indigence by beneficence and the other by perfection. Saints of the former category are those who got favours or status through another saint, and these saints remain at ...
Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi
9
The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature
But dissipation, the force of example, and what, alas ! is still worse, indigence, - horrible indigence, have long held that fatal bandage, which ' you have caused to fall from mine eyes. You have little reason to complain of my heart. It is that ...
Tobias George Smollett, 1765
10
The Gospel Exhibited in a Unitarian Minister's Preaching: ...
The * Colquhoun has made three classes of the " causes of indigence." The first class he designates, " causes of indigence irremediable." The second, " remediablo indigence, requiring props to raise it to a state of poverty." The third, " culpable ...
George Rapall Noyes, 1833

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INDIGENCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term indigence is used in the context of the following news items.
1
BOOST Program Gets Great Funding From OAS - 7 News Belize
... correlated to the poverty line or even the indigence line and then that determines whether or not you qualify for BOOST. So it's that population ... «Channel 7 Daily News, Jul 15»
2
Urban, poor | The Indian Express
Nevertheless, the SECC data is likely to capture indigence or vulnerability much better than rigid poverty lines; to say that a monthly per capita ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
3
Iran's economic recovery from sanctions won't come overnight …
Iranians struggling through double-digit unemployment, high inflation and indigence, with 1 in 5 citizens living below the poverty line, express ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
4
Greece Is in a Literal State of Unrest, and the Future Looks Bleak
Growing indigence, lingering uncertainty and eroded government safety nets have left Greece with a public health crisis that some experts are ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
5
God, Australia's Border Force and Medical Ethics
Their targets constitute, rather, men, women and children fleeing areas afflicted by indigence and war. It even came with a blessing from the ... «CounterPunch, Jul 15»
6
Voting restrictions in the US since the 2010 election: state by state
... ballot and then return within 10 days to show ID or to sign an affidavit swearing to indigence or to a religious objection to being photographed ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
7
How Grave Robbers And Medical Students Helped Dehumanize …
... at this time to stop grave robbing and advance medical science in essence reframed the idea of dissection as a deterrent against indigence. «Forbes, Jul 15»
8
Ramadan At Its Peak
If a Muslim were unable to give the Zakat ul-Fitr before leaving his house for the Eid prayers for reasons of indigence, he/she is required to give ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
9
I WANT GAMBIANS TO BE AWARE OF THE COMING OF A …
They suffered badly due to destitution and indigence. Some of them grew weak and died of starvation. When Pharaoh noticed that the Israelis ... «Freedom Newspaper, Jul 15»
10
The scourge of child marriage
This indigence of poor parents forces them to marry off their young daughters at the earliest possible chance -- let someone else feed her. «DhakaTribune, Jul 15»

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