privation

  • 31privation — Synonyms and related words: abridgment, bare cupboard, bare subsistence, beggarliness, beggary, bereavement, cost, curtailment, damage, dead loss, dearth, debit, default, defect, denial, denudation, deprivation, deprivement, despoilment,… …

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  • 32privation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. want, loss, poverty, indigence; deprivation, bereavement, dispossession. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. want, destitution, penury; see poverty 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. deprivation, need, want,… …

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  • 33Privation — Pri|va|ti|on 〈 [ va ] f.; Gen.: , Pl.: en〉 1. 〈veraltet〉 Beraubung, Entziehung 2. 〈Logik〉 Negation, bei der das Prädikat dem Subjekt das diesem Wesentliche nimmt, z. B. die Uhr geht nicht [Etym.: <lat. privatio »Befreiung«; zu privare… …

    Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • 34privation — pri|va|tion [praıˈveıʃən] n [U and C] [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: Latin privatio, from privare; DEPRIVE] formal a lack or loss of the things that everyone needs, such as food, warmth, and shelter ▪ the privations of wartime …

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  • 35Privation — Pri|va|ti|on die; , en <aus spätlat. privatio »Beraubung« zu lat. privatio »Befreiung«, dies zu privare »berauben; befreien«>: 1. (veraltet) Beraubung; Entziehung. 2. Negation, bei der das negierende Prädikat dem Subjekt nicht nur eine… …

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  • 36privation — pri|va|tion [ praı veıʃn ] noun count or uncount FORMAL a situation in which you do not have the basic things you need for a comfortable life …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 37privation — pri·va·tion || praɪ veɪʃn n. lack of necessities, absence of items needed for livelihood; poverty, indigence, destitution; denial, deprivation, withholding …

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  • 38privation — [prʌɪ veɪʃ(ə)n] noun 1》 a state in which essentials such as food and warmth are lacking. 2》 formal the loss or absence of a quality that is normally present. Origin ME: from L. privatio(n ), from privat , privare (see private) …

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  • 39privation — n. 1. Deprivation, loss, bereavement. 2. Destitution, want, need, necessity, distress. 3. Absence, negation. 4. Degradation …

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  • 40privation — noun (C, U) formal a lack or loss of the things that everyone needs, such as food, warmth, and shelter: Despite the privations of wartime she managed to keep the children healthy …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English