poverty trap

English

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

poverty trap (plural poverty traps)

  1. A self-reinforcing cycle which allows poverty to persist.
    Antonym: generational wealth

Translations

See also

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.