NOUN | state | privation, want, deprivation, neediness | a state of extreme / extreme poverty |
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act | privation, deprivation | act of depriving someone of food or money or rights |
Sounds | prayvey'shahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | A state of extreme / extreme poverty. | |
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Synonyms | want, deprivation, neediness | |
Broader | poverty, poorness, impoverishment | The state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions |
Spanish | pobreza, privación | |
Catalan | privació |
Meaning | Act of depriving someone of food or money or rights. | |
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Examples |
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Synonym | deprivation | |
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 |
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