indigence

Meaning

Extreme poverty or destitution.

Opposite of

affluence

Synonyms

poverty

destitution

penury

need

want

distress

pauperism

poorness

extreme poverty

privation

pauperization

lack

neediness

beggary

wretchedness

empty-handedness

adversity

necessitousness

danger

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deficiency

deprivation

impecuniousness

impoverishment

inadequacy

misery

necessity

needfulness

pennilessness

requirement

scarcity

straitened circumstances

Translations

indigence

behoeftigheid

pauvreté

Armut

indigenza

indigencia

Not

indigentia

miseria

armoede

Elend

Dürftigkeit

misère

ένδεια

πενία

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɪndɪd͡ʒəns/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: indigence

In summary

From Middle English indigence, late 14th century, from Old French indigence (13th century), from Latin indigentia, from indigentem, form of indigēre (“to need”), from indu (“in, within”) + egēre (“be in need, want”).
Only relation to antonym affluence is common Latinate suffix + -ence.