privation
pronunciation
How to pronounce privation in British English:
UK [praɪˈveɪʃn]
How to pronounce privation in American English:
US [praɪˈveʃən]
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- Noun:
- a state of extreme poverty
- act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
Word Origin
- privation (n.)
- mid-14c., "action of depriving," from Old French privacion and directly from Latin privationem (nominative privatio) "a taking away," noun of action from past participle stem of privare "deprive" (see private (adj.)). Meaning "want of life's comforts or of some necessity" is attested from 1790.
Example
- 1. All are careful to sound as if they believe that fiscal privation is the road to salvation .
- 2. Extreme privation did not prevent tens of thousands of defiant supporters in gaza this week from celebrating hamas 's founding .
- 3. A book called " dark side of the moon " tried to alert the west to the soviet deportation of hundreds of thousands of polish civilians to privation and death .
- 4. The " survivalist " may be the mentality that is the most widespread among russians of nearly all backgrounds and ages , given the shared experiences of war and privation .
- 5. It was not merely that the sex instinct created a world of its own which was outside the party 's control and which therefore had to be destroyed if possible . What was more important was that sexual privation induced hysteria , which was desirable because it could be transformed into war-fever and leader-worship .