Definition

1. Noun:
   • The act of taking something away from someone, especially something necessary or a right: "Deprivation" refers to the action of depriving, removing, or withholding something essential, such as food, money, or rights.
   • The state of lacking something that is needed or wanted; a state of disadvantage or loss: It describes the condition resulting from being deprived, often characterized by poverty, need, or the absence of something valuable.
   • A specific loss or disadvantage: It can refer to a particular instance or fact of losing something, which may or may not be considered a severe hardship.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • Sleep deprivation can seriously affect your health. (The state of not getting enough sleep.)
  • The deprivation of his voting rights was a grave injustice. (The act of taking away his right to vote.)
  • For him, living in the city was no great deprivation. (The loss or disadvantage of not living in the city was not severe.)

Advanced Usage

• "Sensory deprivation": A state or situation where stimulation of the senses is greatly reduced.
  • Sensory deprivation tanks are used for relaxation and meditation.
• "Relative deprivation": The perception that one is worse off compared to others in a group or society.
  • Feelings of relative deprivation can lead to social unrest.

Variants and Related Words

• Deprive (verb): To take something away from; to prevent from having or using something.
  • The law must not deprive citizens of their fundamental freedoms.
• Deprived (adjective): Suffering a severe and damaging lack of basic material and cultural benefits; poor.
  • The charity helps children from deprived backgrounds.

Synonyms

• Privation: A state in which things essential for human well-being, such as food and warmth, are lacking.
• Loss: The fact or process of losing something or someone.
• Hardship: Severe suffering or privation.
• Poverty: The state of being extremely poor.

Related Phrases

• "To suffer deprivation": To experience a state of lacking necessities.
  • Many families in the region suffer deprivation during the harsh winter.

Noun

1. act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
   • nutritional privation
   • deprivation of civil rights
2. the disadvantage that results from losing something
   • his loss of credibility led to his resignation
   • losing him is no great deprivation
3. a state of extreme poverty