English noun: privation | |||
1. | privation (state) a state of extreme poverty | ||
Synonyms | deprivation, neediness, want | ||
Broader (hypernym) | impoverishment, poorness, poverty | ||
2. | privation (act) act of depriving someone of food or money or rights | ||
Samples | Nutritional privation. Deprivation of civil rights. | ||
Synonyms | deprivation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | social control | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | impoverishment, pauperisation, pauperization, starvation, starving | ||