Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun poverty_trap

1 sense of poverty trap

Sense 1
poverty trap -- (a situation in which an increase in income results in a loss of benefits so that you are no better off)
       => situation, position -- (a condition or position in which you find yourself; "the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils"; "found herself in a very fortunate situation")