Defenition of the word deprivation
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Defenition of the word deprivation
- The withholding of something needed.
- the disadvantage that results from losing something; "his loss of credibility led to his resignation" or "losing him is no great deprivation"
- act of depriving
- a state of extreme poverty
- act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights"
- the disadvantage that results from losing something; "his loss of credibility led to his resignation"; "losing him is no great deprivation"
- act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
- the disadvantage that results from losing something
Synonyms for the word deprivation
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- deficiency
- deficit
- denial
- dispossession
- lack
- loss
- privation
- removal
- scarcity
- want
- withdrawal
Similar words in the deprivation
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- deprivation
- deprivation's
- deprivations
Hyponyms for the word deprivation
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- impoverishment
- pauperisation
- pauperization
- starvation
- starving
Hypernyms for the word deprivation
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- disadvantage
- impoverishment
- poorness
- poverty
- social control
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