deprivation
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Related to deprivation: sensory deprivation, Sleep deprivation
deprivation
without economic or social necessities; dispossession; loss
Not to be confused with:
depravation – corruption; evil-doing
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dep·ri·va·tion
(dĕp′rə-vā′shən)n.
1.
a. The act or an instance of depriving; loss.
b. The condition of being deprived; privation.
2. A removal of rank or office.
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deprivation
(ˌdɛprɪˈveɪʃən)n
1. an act or instance of depriving
2. the state of being deprived: social deprivation; a cycle of deprivation and violence.
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dep•ri•va•tion
(ˌdɛp rəˈveɪ ʃən)n.
1. the act of depriving.
2. the fact of being deprived.
3. loss.
4. privation.
[1525–35; < Medieval Latin]
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Noun | 1. | deprivation - a state of extreme poverty impoverishment, poorness, poverty - the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions |
2. | deprivation - the disadvantage that results from losing something; "his loss of credibility led to his resignation"; "losing him is no great deprivation" disadvantage - the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position | |
3. | deprivation - act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights" social control - control exerted (actively or passively) by group action starving, starvation - the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine; "the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender"; "they were charged with the starvation of children in their care" |
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deprivation
noun
1. lack, denial, deficiency, withholding, robbing, withdrawal, removal, expropriation, divestment, dispossession, deprival Millions suffer from sleep deprivation caused by long work hours.
2. want, need, hardship, suffering, distress, disadvantage, oppression, detriment, privation, destitution Single women with children are likely to suffer financial deprivation.
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deprivation
nounThe condition of being deprived of what one once had or ought to have:
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Translations
حِرْمان، تَجْريدخَسارَه، صُعوبَه
strádánízbaveníztráta
afsavnberøvelsefratagelse
megfosztásnélkülözés
missirsvipting
zbavenie
deprivation
[ˌdeprɪˈveɪʃən] N (Psych) (= act) → privación f; (= state) → necesidad fhe lived a life of deprivation → vivía en la necesidad → vivió una vida llena de privaciones
the deprivations of the past thirty years → las privaciones de los últimos treinta años
sleep deprivation → falta f de sueño
social deprivation → marginación f social
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
deprivation
[ˌdɛprɪˈveɪʃən] nCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
deprivation
n
(= state) → Entbehrung f; (= lack of necessities) → Mangel m; the deprivations of the war → die Entbehrungen des Krieges
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
deprive
(diˈpraiv) verb (with of) to take something away from. They deprived him of food and drink.
deprivation (depriˈveiʃən) noun1. (a condition of) loss, hardship etc.
2. (an) act of depriving.
deˈprived adjective suffering from hardship etc, under-privileged. deprived areas of the city.
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dep·ri·va·tion
n. deprivación, pérdida o ausencia de una parte o function.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
deprivation
n privación f; androgen — privación de andrógenos; sleep — privación de(l) sueñoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.