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- Dictionarydep·ri·va·tion/ˌdeprəˈvāSH(ə)n/
noun
- 1. the damaging lack of material benefits considered to be basic necessities in a society: "low wages mean that 3.75 million people suffer serious deprivation" Similar Opposite
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a situation in which you do not have things or conditions that are usually considered necessary for a pleasant life: They used sleep deprivation as a form of torture. There is awful deprivation in the shanty towns. There were food shortages and other deprivations during the Civil War.
The meaning of DEPRIVATION is the state of being kept from possessing, enjoying, or using something : the state of being deprived : privation; especially : removal from an office, dignity, or benefice. How to use deprivation in a sentence.
If you suffer deprivation, you do not have or are prevented from having something that you want or need.
A state of deprivation means something is missing, and the situation is serious. If you're suffering from sleep deprivation , you haven't slept in a long time. If you know the word deprive — meaning to keep something away from someone — then you’re close to knowing what deprivation means.
1. an act or instance of depriving. 2. the state of being deprived: social deprivation; a cycle of deprivation and violence. Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014.
Deprivation definition: the act of depriving. . See examples of DEPRIVATION used in a sentence.
a situation in which you do not have things or conditions that are usually considered necessary for a pleasant life: They used sleep deprivation as a form of torture. There is awful deprivation in the shanty towns. There were food shortages and other deprivations during the Civil War.
noun. /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)
Definitions of 'deprivation' If you suffer deprivation, you do not have or are prevented from having something that you want or need. [...] More. Synonyms of 'deprivation' • lack, denial, deficiency, withholding [...] • want, need, hardship, suffering [...] More. Collocations with the word 'deprivation'
DEPRIVATION meaning: the state of not having something that people need the state of being deprived of something.
