Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Created or intended to alleviate poverty.
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- adjective that serves to alleviate
poverty
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Examples
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It appears that Ms. Wayne feels that an "antipoverty" candidate must be impoverished.
New York Times' Leslie Wayne Continues Twisted Jihad Against Edwards 2009
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Although Okun's rule focused specifically on "antipoverty" programs, it can be argued that nearly all government outlays are transfers.
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It appears that Ms. Wayne feels that an "antipoverty" candidate must be impoverished.
New York Times' Leslie Wayne Continues Twisted Jihad Against Edwards 2009
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It appears that Ms. Wayne feels that an "antipoverty" candidate must be impoverished.
New York Times' Leslie Wayne Continues Twisted Jihad Against Edwards 2009
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I knew we were headed for a showdown with a number of our allies—in the labor movement, in the antipoverty movement, in city halls across the country—and I felt it was best to confront them out in the open.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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It was also the strategy behind Head Start and other programs of the War on Poverty: They gave parents and local communities a big role in spending money and governing antipoverty agencies.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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It was also the strategy behind Head Start and other programs of the War on Poverty: They gave parents and local communities a big role in spending money and governing antipoverty agencies.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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It made me all the more frustrated that Nixon had blocked our efforts to complete the Great Society agenda of the late 1960s and early 1970s, because a stronger antipoverty policy and a better social safety net could have braked the sharp increase in economic inequality that ensued in America.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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After the backlash against the antipoverty programs of the Great Society, I knew that voters were skeptical of giveaways.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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It made me all the more frustrated that Nixon had blocked our efforts to complete the Great Society agenda of the late 1960s and early 1970s, because a stronger antipoverty policy and a better social safety net could have braked the sharp increase in economic inequality that ensued in America.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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