privation (redirected from privations)

pri·va·tion  (pr-vshn)

n.

1.

a. Lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life.

b. The condition resulting from such lack.

2. An act, condition, or result of deprivation or loss.

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[Middle English privacion, from Old French privation, from Latin prvti, prvtin-, from prvtus, past participle of prvre, to deprive; see private.]

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privation

Noun

Formal loss or lack of the necessities of life [Latin privatio deprivation]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	privation - a state of extreme poverty           deprivation, neediness, want impoverishment, poorness, poverty - the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
	2.	privation - act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights" deprivation 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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privation

noun (Formal) want, poverty, need, suffering, loss, lack, distress, misery, necessity, hardship, penury, destitution, neediness, indigence

Translations

privation [praɪˈveɪʃən] n (state) → privación f (= hardship); privaciones fpl; estrecheces fpl

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privation [praɪˈveɪʃən] n → Not f

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privation [praɪˈveɪʃən] n (state) → privazione f (= hardship); privazioni fpl; stenti mpl

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privation

n privation [praiˈveiʃən]

poverty; hardship. armoede فَقْر، فاقَه، عَوَز лишение nedostatek, nouze fattigdom die Entbehrung στέρηση, κακουχία privación puudus, häda محرومیت؛ نیازمندی puutteenalaisuus privation מַחסוֹר अभाव nyomor kemiskinan skortur privazione 欠乏 궁핍; 곤란 nepriteklius, skurdas trūkums; grūtības kekurangan keperluan hidup ontbering fattigdom, mangel på midler niedostatek privação lipsă; sărăcie лишение; нужда nedostatok pomanjkanje nemaština umbärande[], försakelse ความขาดแคลน ihtiyaç, sıkıntı 貧困，艱難 нестаток, злидн غربت، پريشاني tình trạng thiếu thốn 贫困，艰难