privation

English

Etymology

From Old French privacion, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin prīvātiō; compare French privation. See private.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹaɪˈveɪʃən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

privation (countable and uncountable, plural privations)

1. (philosophy) The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.
2. The state of being very poor, and lacking the basic necessities of life.
3. The act of depriving someone of such basic necessities; deprivation.
4. (obsolete) Degradation or suspension from an office.

Translations

Lack of something

• French: privation (fr) f
• German: Entbehrung (de), Einschränkung (de), Mangel (de)

Dangerous poverty

• German: Armut (de), Not (de)

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} privation (fr)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} privazione (it) f
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• (deprecated template usage) Japanese: 凍餒 (とうだい, tōdai)

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “privation”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁi.va.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

privation f (plural privations)

1. deprivation
2. shortage, deficiency
3. defect