NOUN | state | deprivation, privation, want, neediness | a state of extreme / extreme poverty |
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attribute | deprivation, loss | the disadvantage that results from losing / losing / losing / losing / losing / losing / losing something | |
act | deprivation, privation | act of depriving someone of food or money or rights |
Sounds | deh.prahvey'shahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | A state of extreme / extreme poverty. | |
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Synonyms | privation, want, neediness | |
Broader | poverty, poorness, impoverishment | The state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions |
Spanish | pobreza, privación | |
Catalan | privació | |
Verbs | deprive | take away |
deprive | take away possessions from someone |
Meaning | The disadvantage that results from losing / losing / losing / losing / losing / losing / losing something. | |
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Example | "losing him is no great deprivation" | |
Synonym | loss | |
Broader | disadvantage | The quality of having an inferior or less favorable position |
Spanish | pérdida, privación | |
Catalan | pèrdua, privació |
Meaning | Act of depriving someone of food or money or rights. | |
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Example | "deprivation of civil rights" | |
Synonym | privation | |
Narrower | pauperization, pauperisation, impoverishment | The act of making someone poor |
starvation, starving | The act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine | |
Broader | social control | Control exerted (actively or passively) by group action |
Spanish | privación | |
Catalan | privació | |
Verbs | deprive | take away |
deprive | keep from having, keeping, or obtaining | |
deprive | take away possessions from someone |
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