Armutsgesellschaft

== German == === Etymology === Armut (“poverty”) +‎ -s- +‎ Gesellschaft (“society”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈaʁmuːt͡sɡəˌzɛlʃaft] Hyphenation: Ar‧muts‧ge‧sell‧schaft === Noun === Armutsgesellschaft f (genitive Armutsgesellschaft, plural Armutsgesellschaften) (sociology, economics) poverty-stricken society (a society characterized by widespread poverty, where a large part of the population lacks basic resources and a decent standard of living) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== Mangelgesellschaft (society of scarcity) Prekariatsgesellschaft (precarious society) ==== Antonyms ==== Wohlstandsgesellschaft (prosperous society) Überflussgesellschaft (affluent society) ==== Coordinate terms ==== Existenzminimum (subsistence level) Prekariat (precariat) Jahresüberschuss (net income; often absent or negative at the societal level in this context) Zahlungskraft (solvency; severely limited in such a society) soziale Ungleichheit (social inequality) ==== Related terms ==== armutsgefährdet (at risk of poverty) Armutszeugnis (indictment/poor reflection) === References === “Armutsgesellschaft” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Armutsgesellschaft” in Duden online