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   deprivation

   /ˌdɛprɪˈveɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the damaging lack of material benefits considered to be basic necessities in a society: "low wages mean that 3.75 million people suffer serious deprivation" Similar povertyimpoverishmentpenuryprivationhardshipdestitutionneedneedinesswantdistressfinancial distressindigencepauperdombeggaryruinreduced circumstancesstraitened circumstanceshand-to-mouth existencerare:pauperismpauperizationimpecuniousnessimpecuniosityOpposite wealth
   • ▪ the lack or denial of something considered to be a necessity: "sleep deprivation" Similar dispossessionwithholdingwithdrawalremovaltaking awaystrippingdivestmentdivestiturewresting awayexpropriationseizureconfiscationrobbingappropriationdenialforfeiturelossabsencelackunavailabilitydeficiencydearthOpposite possession
   • ▪ the action of depriving someone of office, especially an ecclesiastical office.

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘removal from office’): from medieval Latin deprivatio(n-), from the verb deprivare (see deprive).

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   What does deprivation mean?

   • Get Word of the Day daily email! The meaning of DEPRIVATION is the state of being kept from possessing, enjoying, or using something : the state of being deprived : privation; especially : removal from an office, dignity, or benefice. How to use deprivation in a sentence.

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   What does deprive mean?

   • deprive (v.) mid-14c., depriven, "to take away; to divest, strip, bereave; divest of office," from Old French depriver, from Medieval Latin deprivare, from de- "entirely" (see de-) + Latin privare "to deprive, rob, strip" of anything; "to deliver from" anything (see private (adj.) ).

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   What causes deprivation?

   • The causes of deprivation are equally difficult to determine. It could be argued that deprivation is present at all levels of society?the boarding school child with insufficient family life, for example?but for the most part poverty is regarded as the basis from which much deprivation stems.

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   What does'sensory deprivation' mean?

   • Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024 Second, ‘sensory deprivation ’ carries negative connotations, where the user is deprived of something without acquiring something new in return. Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2024 Frustration with sleep deprivation, difficulties with breastfeeding and colic are expected.

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   Deprivation is an absence or too little of something important, such as food, sleep, or liberty. Learn more about the meaning, usage, and collocations of deprivation with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.

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     a situation in which you do not have things or conditions...

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   Deprivation is the state of being kept from possessing, enjoying, or using something, or the act of removing something from someone or something. See synonyms, examples, word history, and medical definition of deprivation.

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   Deprivation is a noun that means an absence or too little of something important, such as food, sleep, or liberty. Learn more about the meaning, usage, and collocations of deprivation with examples from various sources.

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   If you know the word deprive — meaning to keep something away from someone — then you’re close to knowing what deprivation means. It describes the state of not having something. Poor people experience a lot of deprivation: poverty keeps them from having enough food or shelter. Plants experiencing water deprivation will shrivel up and die.

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   Deprivation definition: the act of depriving. . See examples of DEPRIVATION used in a sentence.

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   deprivation. the fact of not having something that you need, like enough food, money or a home; the process that causes this. Definition of deprivation noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   Deprivation is the state of being deprived, which means not having or being prevented from having something that you want or need. Learn the synonyms, pronunciation, collocations and usage of deprivation with examples from Collins English Dictionary.