privation – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
privation
n.
lack of necessities, absence of items needed for livelihood; poverty, indigence, destitution; denial, deprivation, withholding
Privation
Privation is the absence or lack of basic necessities. The term can be used in a
psychological context, often referring to a lack of relationships, or a
philosophical context, where vital qualities are absent.
privation
Noun
1. a state of extreme poverty
(synonym) want, deprivation
(hypernym) poverty, poorness, impoverishment
2. act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights"
(synonym) deprivation
(hypernym) social control
(hyponym) pauperization, pauperisation, impoverishment
privation
nf.
deprivation, deprival, privation, bereavement, derequisition
Privation
(n.)
The state of being deprived or destitute of something, especially of something required or desired; destitution; need; as, to undergo severe privations.
(n.)
The condition of being absent; absence; negation.
(n.)
The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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