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Definition of Privation

1. Noun. A state of extreme poverty.

2. Noun. Act of depriving someone of food or money or rights. "Deprivation of civil rights"

Definition of Privation

1. n. The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation.

Definition of Privation

1. Noun. (philosophy) The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute. ¹

2. Noun. The state of being very poor, and lacking the basic necessities of life. ¹

3. Noun. The act of depriving someone of such basic necessities; deprivation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Privation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Privation

private security force private treaty privateer privateered privateering privateers privateersman privately privately held privately held corporation

privateness privatenesses privater privatest privation privations privatisation privatisations privatise privatised

privatiser privatisers privatises privatising privatism privatisms privatissimum privatissimums privatist

Literary usage of Privation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Aristotleby Aristoteles by Aristoteles (1908)
"The primary contrariety is that between positive state and privation—not every ... Now if the kinds of opposition are contradiction and privation and ..."

2. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1879)
"every one 01 the above kinds, as well 01 pains of privation as of positive pains. These correspond exactly to the pleasures of the memory. 10. ..."

3. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1907)
"The pain of privation, and the positive pain, in this case run one into another ... The positive • The positive pains of piety, and the pains of privation, ..."

4. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1817)
"... is expired by his privation or death. " By his privation, or by his death." Note, that privation L' here resembled to death, and so is translation also. ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Original sin is the privation of sanctifying grace in consequence of the sin ... As death is the privation of the principle of life, the death of the soul ..."

6. Improvement of the Understanding: Ethics and Correspondence of Benedict de by Benedictus de Spinoza (1901)
"Falsity consists in the privation of knowledge, which inadequate, fragmentary, or confused ideas involve. Proof.— There is nothing positive in ideas, ..."

7. Improvement of the Understanding: Ethics and Correspondence of Benedict de by Benedictus de Spinoza (1901)
"Falsity consists in the privation of knowledge, which inadequate, fragmentary, or confused ideas involve. Proof.—There is nothing positive in ideas, ..."

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