variants:
or antipoverty
Definition of anti-poverty
: opposing poverty : designed or intended to relieve poverty
anti-poverty efforts/policies … the legislation severely restricts eligibility for food stamps, Medicaid and other benefits, cutting $56 billion from antipoverty programs.— Ellen L. Bassuk et al.
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The first known use of anti-poverty was in 1880
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