what does privation mean?
PRIVATION as NOUN
- Meaning
- act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
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Usage Example(s)
- nutritional privation
- deprivation of civil rights
Hypernyms(s) privation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- a state of extreme poverty
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Hypernyms(s) privation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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