Fattigdoms
Fattigdoms is a Swedish linguistic form used as a prefix in compound nouns to indicate relation to poverty. It is not typically used as an independent noun. The prefix originates from fattigdom, meaning poverty, which itself is formed from fattig (poor) and dom (state or condition). When attached to another noun, fattigdoms- signals that the concept pertains to poverty rather than to the general idea of the thing.
In practice, fattigdoms- appears in terms that name aspects of poverty, policy responses, or research topics.
Use and connotation: In public policy, media and academia, fattigdoms- compounds help categorize issues within poverty
See also: fattigdom, poverty, social welfare, income inequality, development studies.
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