deprivation

  • 21deprivation — Absence, loss, or withholding of something needed. emotional d. lack of adequate and appropriate interpersonal or environmental experiences, or both, usually in the early developmental years. sensory d. diminution or absence of usual external… …

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  • 22deprivation — n. to suffer deprivation * * * [ˌdeprɪ veɪʃ(ə)n] to suffer deprivation …

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  • 23deprivation — dep|ri|va|tion [ ,deprı veıʃn ] noun 1. ) uncount a situation in which people do not have basic things that they need to live a comfortable life: social deprivation 2. ) count or uncount a situation in which you do not have something that you… …

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  • 24deprivation — noun 1) unemployment and deprivation Syn: poverty, impoverishment, penury, privation, hardship, destitution; need, want, distress, indigence, beggary, ruin; straitened circumstances Ant: wealth …

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  • 25deprivation — noun 1) unemployment and deprivation Syn: poverty, impoverishment, privation, hardship, destitution, need, want 2) deprivation of political rights Syn: dispossession, withholding, withdrawal …

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  • 26deprivation — /dɛprəˈveɪʃən/ (say depruh vayshuhn) noun 1. the act of depriving. 2. the fact of being deprived. 3. Also, deprival /dəˈpraɪvəl/ (say duh pruyvuhl). dispossession; loss; bereavement. 4. the lack of something considered a normal and necessary part …

  • 27deprivation — /depraveyshan/ A taking away or confiscation; as the deprivation of a constitutional right or the taking of property under eminent domain without due process of law (i.e. without just compensation). See also deprivation of property …

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  • 28deprivation — /depraveyshan/ A taking away or confiscation; as the deprivation of a constitutional right or the taking of property under eminent domain without due process of law (i.e. without just compensation). See also deprivation of property …

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  • 29deprivation — /dep reuh vay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of depriving. 2. the fact of being deprived. 3. dispossession; loss. 4. removal from ecclesiastical office. 5. privation. [1525 35; < ML deprivation (s. of deprivatio), equiv. to deprivat(us) deprived (ptp. of …

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  • 30deprivation — noun /dɛp.ɹɪ.veɪʃən/ a) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity. He was suffering from deprivation of sleep. b) The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement …

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