That's because it's usually spelled 'immiseration'. Usual meanings of
the verb 'immiserate' are (a) 'to make miserable' and (b) to cause to
become impoverished'. Marx probably meant the latter but of course this
can easily lead to the former.
Ursula Huws
P.S. would you believe there's a US variant - 'immiserize' (UK
equivalent: 'immiserise') ?!
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> I keep a copy of Chambers Dictionary in my office, but it cannot tell
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