deprivation
noun/ˌdeprɪˈveɪʃn/
/ˌdeprɪˈveɪʃn/
[uncountable, countable]- the fact of not having something that you need, like enough food, money or a home; the process that causes this
- children living in poverty and deprivation
- a study of the effects of sleep deprivation
- the deprivation of war (= the suffering caused by not having enough of some things)
- the deprivations and hardships resulting from the blockade
Extra ExamplesTopics Social issuesc2- Many of the people suffered severe deprivation.
- an area of acute social and economic deprivation
- The latest government initiative aims to reduce rural unemployment and deprivation.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- extreme
- severe
- relative
- …
- experience
- suffer
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘removal from office’): from medieval Latin deprivatio(n-), from the verb deprivare, from de- ‘away, completely’ + privare ‘bereave, deprive’, from privus ‘single, individual’.
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