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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 | ||
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