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- DictionaryDep·ri·va·tion/ˌdeprəˈvāSH(ə)n/
noun
- 1. the damaging lack of material benefits considered to be basic necessities in a society: "low wages mean that 3.75 million people suffer serious deprivation"
The meaning of DEPRIVATION is the state of being kept from possessing, enjoying, or using something : the state of being deprived : privation; especially : removal from an office, dignity, or benefice. How to use deprivation in a sentence.
a situation in which you do not have things or conditions that are usually considered necessary for a pleasant life: They used sleep deprivation as a form of torture. There is awful deprivation in the shanty towns. There were food shortages and other deprivations during the Civil War.
Deprivation definition: the act of depriving. . See examples of DEPRIVATION used in a sentence.
a situation in which you do not have things or conditions that are usually considered necessary for a pleasant life: They used sleep deprivation as a form of torture. There is awful deprivation in the shanty towns. There were food shortages and other deprivations during the Civil War.
If you know the word deprive — meaning to keep something away from someone — then you’re close to knowing what deprivation means. It describes the state of not having something. Poor people experience a lot of deprivation: poverty keeps them from having enough food or shelter.
If you suffer deprivation, you do not have or are prevented from having something that you want or need.
the fact of not having something that you need, like enough food, money or a home; the process that causes this. children living in poverty and deprivation. a study of the effects of sleep deprivation.
