If you suffer deprivation, you do not have or are prevented from having something that you want or need.
...long-term patients who face a life of deprivation.
Millions more suffer from serious sleep deprivation caused by long work hours.
...the effects of social deprivations on families.
Synonyms: lack, denial, deficiency, withholding More Synonyms of deprivation
More Synonyms of deprivation
deprivation in British English
(ˌdɛprɪˈveɪʃən)
noun
1.
an act or instance of depriving
2.
the state of being deprived
social deprivation
a cycle of deprivation and violence
deprivation in American English
(ˌdɛprəˈveɪʃən; also ˌ dipraɪˈveɪʃən)
noun
1.
a depriving or being deprived
2.
a loss
Also ; Rare deˈprival (diˈpraɪvəl; dɪˈraɪvəl)
Derived forms
deprivational (ˌdepriˈvational)
adjective
Word origin
ME deprivacioun
Examples of 'deprivation' in a sentence
deprivation
Long-term sleep deprivation has been linked to weight gain and cancer.
The Sun (2016)
Sleep deprivation is one of the most acute problems in the armed forces.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Being a parent is a lifetime of sleep deprivation.
The Sun (2016)
My daughter has caused me 14 years of sleep deprivation.
The Sun (2016)
He copes well with the sleep deprivation and hardship but the lack of company for more than ten weeks is always a struggle.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
It was the deprivation of life and the process of dying.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Its use as a punishment which consists of the deprivation of liberty was not regarded as sufficient.
Coyle, Andrew & Stern, Vivien The Prisons We Deserve (1994)
The human brain has not faced sleep deprivation before.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The security services used harsh methods of sensory deprivation against prisoners.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The same applies in areas of social deprivation.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Or is it a joyous message about beauty in the face of deprivation?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Prisoners can also be kept in conditions of physical discomfort and subjected to sensory deprivation.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The sleep deprivation is what worries me.
The Sun (2015)
Knowing what worry and deprivation we face should mean more consideration not less.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It was like a sensory deprivation chamber.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Studies show that sleep deprivation visibly alters brain activity.
The Sun (2008)
That does not mean that anyone who has suffered the deprivation of liberty becomesa friend of liberty.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The purpose or reason for the measure was irrelevant when considering whether it constituted objective deprivation of liberty.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It was designed to effect retribution through the deprivation of liberty and the physical endurance of hard labour.
Langan, Mary (ed) Taking Child Abuse Seriously: Contemporary issues in child protection theory andpractice (1990)
One sign of corruption was the readiness to follow fashion by attributing poverty and deprivation to insufficient public expenditure on social welfare.
Eccleshall, Robert English Conservatism since the Restoration: An introduction and anthology (1990)
They took into account whether parents smoked, upbringing and social deprivation.
The Sun (2006)
Yet huge swathes of poverty, deprivation and overcrowding still persist.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Singer sets out this point systematically thus: suffering caused by deprivation is bad.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Schools giving free school meals are a reasonable indicator of social deprivation, so that was one.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
But their property dream has turned into a nightmare of poverty, deprivation and ill health.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The two-month expedition sees them stare death in the face as they battle freezing weather, avalanches and oxygen deprivation.
The Sun (2007)
While I have a great deal of respect for this approach and its founder, for me this seemed like a life of deprivation.
Kowalski, Robert E The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure (1990)
In other languages
deprivation
British English: deprivation NOUN
If you suffer deprivation, you do not have or are prevented from having something that you want or need.
...long-term patients who face a life of deprivation.
American English: deprivation
Brazilian Portuguese: privação
Chinese: 剥夺
European Spanish: privación
French: privation
German: Entbehrung
Italian: stenti
Japanese: 欠乏
Korean: 박탈
European Portuguese: privação
Latin American Spanish: privación
All related terms of 'deprivation'
sleep deprivation
a condition in which you have not had enough sleep
emotional deprivation
a lack of adequate psychological nurturance, usually occurring in the early developmental years
maternal deprivation
the lack of a mother in a child's life, considered a cause of psychological problems later in life
relative deprivation
the perception of an unfair disparity between one's situation and that of others
sensory deprivation
an experimental situation in which all stimulation is cut off from the sensory receptors
Chinese translation of 'deprivation'
deprivation
(dɛprɪˈveɪʃən)
n(c/u)
(= poverty) 穷(窮)困 (qióngkùn)
(= loss) 丧(喪)失 (sàngshī)
sleep deprivation失眠 (shīmián)
1 (noun)
Millions suffer from sleep deprivation caused by long work hours.
Synonyms
lack
Despite his lack of experience, he got the job.
denial
deficiency
They did tests for signs of vitamin deficiency.
withholding
robbing
withdrawal
removal
expropriation
divestment
dispossession
deprival
2 (noun)
Unemployment can sometimes cause social deprivation.
Synonyms
want
He said they were fighting for freedom from want.
need
the state of need in the developing world
hardship
Many people are suffering economic hardship.
suffering
It has caused terrible suffering to animals.
distress
There was little support to help them in their distress.
disadvantage
They suffer the disadvantage of having been political exiles.
oppression
detriment
privation (formal)
They endured years of privation during the war.
destitution
attempts made to relieve destitution
Additional synonyms
in the sense of deficiency
Definition
a lack or shortage
They did tests for signs of vitamin deficiency.
Synonyms
lack,
want,
deficit,
absence,
shortage,
deprivation,
inadequacy,
scarcity,
dearth,
privation (formal),
insufficiency,
scantiness
in the sense of destitution
attempts made to relieve destitution
Synonyms
pennilessness,
want,
distress,
dire straits,
privation (formal),
penury,
neediness,
beggary,
indigence,
pauperism,
impecuniousness,
utter poverty
in the sense of disadvantage
Definition
an unfavourable or harmful circumstance
They suffer the disadvantage of having been political exiles.