bereavement
pronunciation
How to pronounce bereavement in British English:
UK [bɪˈri:vmənt]
How to pronounce bereavement in American English:
US [bɪˈrivmənt]
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- Noun:
- state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one
Word Origin
- bereavement (n.)
- 1731, from bereave + -ment.
Example
- 1. One of his jobs is to visit schools and teach about bereavement .
- 2. Rather than bereavement , it brought the eeriness , and sometimes the joy , of displacement .
- 3. But for some people , the real issue raised by the bereavement exclusion is philosophical - or maybe the better word is existential .
- 4. The charming call centre worker at my bank gave her condolences as if I had just suffered a tragic bereavement .
- 5. After that time , according to the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders , eight of the nine symptoms that characterize bereavement now characterize depression .