deprivation

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɛp.ɹɪ.veɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

deprivation (countable and uncountable, plural deprivations)

1. (countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
2. (uncountable) The state of being deprived

   Synonyms: privation, loss, want, bereavement

   • 2023 March 22, 'Industry Insider', “Restoring Your Railway”, in RAIL, number 979, page 68:

     Outside the boundaries of the PTEs [Passenger Transport Executives], there was little mechanism to re-open routes, and despite a growing realisation that the lack of transport connectivity was a big contributor towards social deprivation and poor economic performance, there was little government policy recognition.

3. (countable) The taking away from a clergyman of his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.
4. (followed by “of”) lack

   He was suffering from deprivation of sleep.

Usage notes

• Distinguish from depravation.

Derived terms

• sensory deprivation
• Townsend deprivation index

 

Translations

act of depriving

• Belarusian: пазбаўленне n (pazbaŭljennje)
• Danish: afsavn
• Finnish: riistäminen (fi)
• German: Entziehen n, Entziehung f, Entzug (de) m, Aberkennen n, Aberkennung (de) f
• Polish: pozbawienie (pl) n
• Russian: лишение (ru) (lišenije)
• Spanish: privación (es) f
• Ukrainian: позбавлення (uk) n (pozbavlennja)

state of being deprived

• Bulgarian: лишаване (bg) n (lišavane), отнемане (bg) (otnemane)
• Dutch: (usually plural) ontberingen (nl)
• Finnish: puute (fi), puutteenalaisuus; menetys (fi)
• French: privation (fr)
• German: Mangel (de) m, Not (de) f, Entbehrung (de) f, Verlust (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: στέρησις f (stérēsis)

• Italian: privazione (it) f
• Russian: лише́ние (ru) n (lišénije)

Danish

Noun

deprivation c (singular definite deprivationen, plural indefinite deprivationer)

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Declension

Declension of deprivation

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	deprivation	deprivationen	deprivationer	deprivationerne
genitive	deprivations	deprivationens	deprivationers	deprivationernes

Further reading

• “deprivation” in Den Danske Ordbog