Definition of "antipoverty" []

• Created or intended to alleviate poverty: antipoverty programs. (adjective)

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• "It appears that Ms. Wayne feels that an "antipoverty" candidate must be impoverished."
• "Although Okun's rule focused specifically on "antipoverty" programs, it can be argued that nearly all government outlays are transfers."
• "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."