Deprivation - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˌdeprɪˈveɪʃn|
Brit.
|deprɪˈveɪʃ(ə)n|
noun
- a state of extreme poverty (syn: privation, want)
- the disadvantage that results from losing something (syn: loss)
- the disadvantage that results from losing something (syn: loss)
losing him is no great deprivation
- act of depriving someone of food or money or rights (syn: privation)deprivation of civil rights
Extra examples
She is studying the effects of sleep deprivation.
She eventually overcame the deprivations of her childhood.
Sleep deprivations can result in mental disorders.
People suffered terrible deprivations during the war.
Word forms
noun
singular: deprivation
plural: deprivations
singular: deprivation
plural: deprivations
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