What does deprivation mean?
Definitions for deprivation
ˌdɛp rəˈveɪ ʃənde·pri·va·tion
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Princeton's WordNet
privation, want, deprivation, neediness(noun)
a state of extreme poverty
loss, deprivation(noun)
the disadvantage that results from losing something
"his loss of credibility led to his resignation"; "losing him is no great deprivation"
privation, deprivation(noun)
act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
"nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights"
Wiktionary
deprivation(Noun)
The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
deprivation(Noun)
The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement.
deprivation(Noun)
The taking away from a clergyman his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.
deprivation(Noun)
lack
He was suffering from deprivation of sleep.
Webster Dictionary
Deprivation(noun)
the act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity
Etymology: [LL. deprivatio.]
Deprivation(noun)
the state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement
Etymology: [LL. deprivatio.]
Deprivation(noun)
the taking away from a clergyman his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity
Etymology: [LL. deprivatio.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of deprivation in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of deprivation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of deprivation in a Sentence
The war in some ways was really a war for family, the public culture around the war was draped in familial metaphors, a war to defend women and children from deprivation.
I was brutally taken from my work as I knew it, ripped from my family and my friends...It is impossible to express the depth of that deprivation, i was interrogated for up to eight hours a day without any lawyers present...'It will get worse for you if you don't just confess,' the prosecutor told me repeatedly.
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez:
The historic events we are living today will only make sense with the removal of the economic, commercial and financial blockade, which causes so much deprivation and damage to our people, the return of occupied territory in Guantanamo, and respect for the sovereignty of Cuba.
We can experience a desynchronization when we have an increase in activity in response to warmer temperatures and longer days, changing our behavioral rhythm, we like routine, so our sleep-wake cycle is very responsive to this change. It's hard to ever erase or completely compensate for the deficits from sleep deprivation, but like we do with other aspects of our health and our life, it's within our power to try and prioritize sleep in our daily lives.
I feel that sleep deprivation is the new smoking.
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