English noun: deprivation | |||
1. | deprivation (state) a state of extreme poverty | ||
Synonyms | neediness, privation, want | ||
Broader (hypernym) | impoverishment, poorness, poverty | ||
2. | deprivation (attribute) the disadvantage that results from losing something | ||
Samples | His loss of credibility led to his resignation. Losing him is no great deprivation. | ||
Synonyms | loss | ||
Broader (hypernym) | disadvantage | ||
3. | deprivation (act) act of depriving someone of food or money or rights | ||
Samples | Nutritional privation. Deprivation of civil rights. | ||
Synonyms | privation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | social control | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | impoverishment, pauperisation, pauperization, starvation, starving | ||