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Definition of Deprivation
1. Noun. A state of extreme poverty.
Exact synonyms: Neediness, Privation, Want
Generic synonyms: Impoverishment, Poorness, Poverty
Derivative terms: Deprive, Deprive, Needy, Want
Generic synonyms: Impoverishment, Poorness, Poverty
Derivative terms: Deprive, Deprive, Needy, Want
2. Noun. The disadvantage that results from losing something. "Losing him is no great deprivation"
3. Noun. Act of depriving someone of food or money or rights. "Deprivation of civil rights"
Exact synonyms: Privation
Generic synonyms: Social Control
Specialized synonyms: Impoverishment, Pauperisation, Pauperization, Starvation, Starving
Derivative terms: Deprive, Deprive, Deprive
Generic synonyms: Social Control
Specialized synonyms: Impoverishment, Pauperisation, Pauperization, Starvation, Starving
Derivative terms: Deprive, Deprive, Deprive
Definition of Deprivation
1. n. The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
Definition of Deprivation
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Medical Definition of Deprivation
1. The loss or absence of parts, organs, powers or things that are needed. Origin: L. De = from, privare = to remove This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deprivation
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