privation
Meaning of privation
- a state in which food and other essentials for well-being are lacking.
years of rationing and privation
the privations of life at the front
- the loss or absence of a quality or attribute that is normally present.
cold is the privation of heat
Middle English: from Latin privatio(n- ), from privat- ‘deprived’, from the verb privare (see private).
Information about privation
- It is a name.
- The plural form of privation is: privations.
- Languages in which privation is used:
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Hyphenation of privation
pri-va-tion
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- privation is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
privation synonyms
Meaning want:
Meaning deprivation:
Meaning severe suffering or privation:
Meaning the state of being extremely poor:
Meaning the state of being very poor; extreme poverty:
Meaning a state of extreme poverty; destitution:
Meaning poverty so extreme that one lacks the means to provide for oneself:
Meaning the process of becoming poor; loss of wealth:
Meaning the state of requiring help, or of lacking basic necessities such as food:
Meaning an unfavourable circumstance or condition that reduces the chances of success or effectiveness:
Meaning difficult economic conditions created by government measures to reduce public expenditure:
Meaning the state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship:
Meaning a cause of pain or harm:
Meaning difficulty caused by lack of money:
Meaning a state or feeling of great physical or mental distress or discomfort:
privation antonyms
Meaning a situation in which food and other necessities are available in sufficiently large quantities:
Meaning a state of great comfort or elegance, especially when involving great expense:
Translation of privation
- German: Armut, Elend
- Spanish: pobreza, miseria
- French: pauvreté, misère
- Italian: povertà, indigenza, miseria
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