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antipoverty
[ an-tee-pov-er-tee, an-tahy- ]
adjective
- designed or directed to reduce or abolish poverty (used especially in describing certain governmental programs).
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of antipoverty1
Example Sentences
Urban violence was presented as proof that antipoverty programs didn’t work.
Erstwhile liberals like Daniel Patrick Moynihan began flirting with conservatism, in his case proclaiming that the best antipoverty project for Black urban residents would be the government’s “benign neglect.â€
They’re invariably aimed at antipoverty programs.
Biden and Harris deployed the 2020 “Build Back Better†slogan as the basis for signature laws that spent trillions of dollars on infrastructure, environmental and antipoverty programs — using their campaign victory as a mandate to help win congressional approval.
Workers who made less than $63,398 last year may qualify for the federal earned income tax credit, which is one of the government’s largest antipoverty programs.
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