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Synonyms for privation
praɪˈveɪ ʃənpri·va·tion
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
privation
Poverty denotes strictly lack of property or adequate means of support, but in common use is a relative term denoting any condition below that of easy, comfortable living; privation denotes a condition of painful lack of what is useful or desirable, tho not to the extent of absolute distress; indigence is lack of ordinary means of subsistence; destitution is lack of the comforts, and in part even of the necessaries of life; penury is especially cramping poverty, possibly not so sharp as destitution, but continuous, while that may be temporary; pauperism is such destitution as throws one upon organized public charity for support; beggary and mendicancy denote poverty that appeals for indiscriminate private charity.
Synonyms:
beggary, destitution, distress, indigence, mendicancy, need, pauperism, penury, poverty, want
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
privation
Synonyms:
deprivation, destitution, absence, negation, loss, bereavement, hardship, wantAntonyms:
accession, supply, restoration, benefaction, restitution, presence, compensation, recovery, privilege
Princeton's WordNet
privation, want, deprivation, needinessnoun
a state of extreme poverty
Synonyms:
neediness, need, deprivation, loss, wishing, wish, lack, deficiency, wantprivation, deprivationnoun
act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
"nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights"
Synonyms:
want, neediness, deprivation, loss
Matched Categories
Dictionary of English Synonymes
privationnoun
Synonyms:
deprivation, loss, BEREAVEMENTprivationnoun
Synonyms:
poverty, destitution, want, need, penury, necessity, distressprivationnoun
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
privationnoun
Synonyms:
deprivation, degradation, destitution, poverty, need, absence
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#183 | need | |
#254 | want | |
#972 | loss | |
#1089 | wish | |
#2498 | lack | |
#3761 | poverty | |
#4642 | absence | |
#9974 | wishing | |
#10765 | deficiency | |
#12669 | distress | |
#18786 | hardship | |
#19109 | deprivation | |
#25754 | bereavement | |
#33339 | negation | |
#95248 | destitution | |
#112192 | privation | |
#168469 | penury | |
#210874 | indigence | |
#229574 | neediness | |
#257159 | beggary | |
#316503 | pauperism |
How to use privation in a sentence?
The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character-building value of privation for the poor.
Pope Francis about perceptions:
The soul of the Cuban people ... was forged amid suffering and privation which would not suppress the faith.
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