privation in English dictionary

  • privation

    Meanings and definitions of "privation"

    • (philosophy) The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.
    • The state of being very poor, and lacking the basic necessities of life.
    • The act of depriving someone of such basic necessities; deprivation.
    • noun
      (philosophy)
      The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.
    • noun
      The state of being very poor, and lacking the basic necessities of life.
    • noun
      The act of depriving someone of such basic necessities; deprivation.
    • Lack of the means of subsistence.
    • noun
      act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights"
    • noun
      a state of extreme poverty

    Synonyms of "privation" in English dictionary

    want, deprivation, poverty are the top synonyms of "privation" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of privation

    • privation ( plural  privations)
    • privation (countable and uncountable, plural privations)
  • Privation

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