| 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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| 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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