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privation Definition

pri·va·tion (prī vā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. a depriving or being deprived; deprivation; specif., the loss or absence of some quality or condition
  2. lack of the ordinary necessities of life

Etymology: ME privacion < L privatio < privare: see private

privation Synonyms

privation

n.

want, destitution, penury; see poverty 1.

privation Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • war: Despite the privations of war, New York mounted a splendid array of parties, receptions, and parades for him.
  • reality: The metaphysical good of reality correlates with the metaphysical evil of privation of reality or non-being.
  • kind: We suffered very much from privations of all kinds.
  • period: The workers no longer suffered from the privations of the earlier period.
  • people: But the idea that she shared the wartime privations of ordinary people is a complete myth.

Converse of object

  • endure: For weeks now I have labored in the worst possible conditions, enduring privations that would have broken lesser men.
  • suffer: They will also have to face the prospect of being an additional burden to a family or community already suffering severe privation.
  • face: This clearly alludes to the privations faced by the author himself.
  • experience: Sydney and Charles experienced acute privation and often hunger, and were eventually taken into public care.
  • undergo: They were to undergo severe privations ( it was reported that one man even resorted to eating his wife!
  • share: But the idea that she shared the wartime privations of ordinary people is a complete myth.

Adjective modifier

  • severe: They will also have to face the prospect of being an additional burden to a family or community already suffering severe privation.
  • great: In most cases it was a choice between domestic service out, or hard work with great privation at home.
  • terrible: He had been beleaguered there since the previous November, suffering the most terrible privations and we had been anxiously awaiting news.
  • extreme: In times of extreme privation, they will even eat other rats - usually sick or weak individuals - but this is rare.
  • physical: Long may it be generally thought that physical privations alone merit compassion, and that the rest is a figment.
  • social: Those and similar works were read by working class radicals against a background of social privation, injustice and unrest.

Noun used with modifier

  • material: Counting upon the immediate revolutionary effect of Fascist repressions and material privations presents a very good example of vulgar historical materialism.
  • wartime: But the idea that she shared the wartime privations of ordinary people is a complete myth.