deprivation (redirected from emotional deprivation)

dep·ri·va·tion  (dpr-vshn)

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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	deprivation - a state of extreme poverty           neediness, privation, want 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" loss 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" privation social control - control exerted (actively or passively) by group action pauperisation, pauperization, impoverishment - the act of making someone poor 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, withdrawal, removal, expropriation, divestment, dispossession, deprival

noun 2. want, need, hardship, suffering, distress, disadvantage, oppression, detriment, privation, destitution

Translations

deprivation [dɛprɪˈveɪʃən] n → privación f (= loss); pérdida

deprivation [dɛprɪˈveɪʃən] n → privation f (= loss); perte f

deprivation [dɛprɪˈveɪʃən] n → Entbehrung f, Not f;

(of freedom, rights etc) → Entzug m

deprivation [dɛprɪˈveɪʃən] n → privazione f (= state); indigenza;

(PSYCH) → carenza affettiva