Privation - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|praɪˈveɪʃn|
Brit.
|praɪˈveɪʃ(ə)n|
noun
- a state of extreme poverty (syn: deprivation, want)
- act of depriving someone of food or money or rights (syn: deprivation)
- act of depriving someone of food or money or rights (syn: deprivation)
nutritional privation
deprivation of civil rights
deprivation of civil rights
Extra examples
The country has suffered through long periods of economic privation.
...the constant privation of sleep was starting to affect my work...
...the third-world privation he had witnessed forever ingrained itself upon the young doctor's memory...
Word forms
noun
singular: privation
plural: privations
singular: privation
plural: privations
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