privation

Noun

Meaning

The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation.

The state of being deprived or destitute of something, especially of something required or desired; destitution; need; as, to undergo severe privations.

The condition of being absent; absence; negation.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

want neediness deprivation Straits need lack loss travail trial absence suffering poverty necessity drought famine
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Antonyms

hap bliss blizzard success boom achievement
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Hypernyms

poverty impoverishment poorness social control

Hyponyms

starvation starving impoverishment pauperization pauperisation

Examples

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it. William Hazlitt

Economic privation proceeds by easy stages, and so long as men suffer it patiently the outside world cares little. John Maynard Keynes

But I do not remember ever having seen a newspaper in the house; and, most certainly, that privation did not render us less industrious, happy, or free. William Cobbett

But what must be the character of that policy, which aims at national prosperity through the impoverishment of a large proportion of the home producers, with a view to supply foreigners at a cheaper rate, and give them all the benifet of the national privation and self denial? Jean-Baptiste Say

It seems to be a social axiom that as misery and privation increase for the many, the few rise ever higher in luxury and comfort, feeding on the misery. Not aware, perhaps, that they feed upon the misery, not with any wish of feeding on it-but they do. Clifford D. Simak

The real scientist is ready to bear privation and, if need be, starvation rather than let anyone dictate to him which direction his work must take. Albert Szent-Györgyi

Close letter words and terms

privately run privateness privates privational privatisation privatise