Evaluate different sociological approach to the definition of poverty The definition of poverty is the centre of a farce debut. This is if the definition is ‘absolute’ or ‘relative’ poverty. The farce intensity of this debut became prominent in the late part of the 19th century and the early parts of the 20th century. This was when people started to feel that some thing most is do about the growing level of inequality and ‘poverty’. This was the founding step of the welfare state and the benefits system in action today. This then started people thinking