privation
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9.3
- noun
- /praɪˈveɪʃən/
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privación
- After the war, people found themselves released from decades of privation into a sudden age of plenty.
- suffer privation
- economic privation
- severe privation
Don't, you know, do some voluntary privation that's going to make you better.
- Don't, you know, do some voluntary privation that's going to make you better.
- But you get this picture of a nation, you know, a generation of people that had grown up knowing privation, right, depression and war.
Examples
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You've had to struggle and endure privation but that's all over now.
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The charity aims to alleviate privation by providing meals and shelter to those in need.
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But you get this picture of a nation, you know, a generation of people that had grown up knowing privation, right, depression and war.
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For a decade, the Chinese military has suffered serious privation in terms of housing, food, and services.
Academic text (1991) -
Joe considered it while the privation continued and the people grew leaner.
Fiction book (1994) -
The model for addressing such widespread privation has changed dramatically over the past two decades.
Academic text (2011) -
Survivors are much more emotional when talking about the privations of the era than about the violence.
Academic text (2007) -
The earth below was soaked with oil, a landscape of ruin and privation.
Fiction book (1990) -
At the end of that book, after enduring all sorts of privations, Michael K surveys his ruined childhood home.
Academic text (2016) -
Associational life often thrives in spite of, or in response to, severe economic privation and political authoritarianism.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
564
2.1
A situation when people lack basic things such as food or shelter
550
2.0
A situation of having very little money and few things
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6.2
Not having basic things you need, like food, shelter, or sleep
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4.3
A lack of the things needed to live
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7.9
A situation when someone has no money, home, or way to live
1
9.9
A state of being very poor with almost nothing
1
4.6
Being very poor and not having basic things like food and shelter
The state of being very poor and having to beg for money or food
A state of having much less of something important that people need, like books or ideas
Antonyms
How Deprived
Surface Forms
Morphology
privation = priv + ation
Formed from the combining form priv- plus the nominalizing suffix '-ation'; the meaning ('state of being deprived') is related to 'deprive'/'deprivation', but the priv- element is not a standalone modern English word, so the relation may not be immediately obvious to learners.
Etymology
The word privation comes from the Latin verb privare, meaning 'to deprive', and is related to the English word private, which originally meant 'separate' or 'for oneself'. So privation is the state of being 'kept away from' the basic things you need, such as food, warmth, or money.