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- pronunciation:
- praI
veI
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
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noun |
| definition 1: |
lack of necessities or common comforts of life.
The people had known great privation during the war.- synonyms:
- deprivation, destitution, impoverishment, need, poverty, want
- similar words:
- hardship, indigence, lack, necessity, penury, pinch
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| definition 2: |
an act, instance, or condition of deprivation.
- synonyms:
- deprivation, destitution, dispossession, need, want
- similar words:
- confiscation, deficiency, lack, loss
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| related words: |
crunch, famine, poverty |
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