Synonyms for deprivation
ˌdɛp rəˈveɪ ʃənde·pri·va·tion

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1. privation, want, deprivation, needinessnoun

   a state of extreme poverty

   Synonyms:
   neediness, need, loss, wishing, wish, privation, lack, deficiency, want

2. loss, deprivationnoun

   the disadvantage that results from losing something

   "his loss of credibility led to his resignation"; "losing him is no great deprivation"

   Synonyms:
   passing, red, exit, release, red ink, going, loss, personnel casualty, expiration, privation, neediness, departure, want

3. privation, deprivationnoun

   act of depriving someone of food or money or rights

   "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights"

   Synonyms:
   want, neediness, privation, loss

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1. • Disadvantage

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1. deprivationnoun

   Synonyms:
   loss, privation, BEREAVEMENT, dispossession

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1. List of paraphrases for "deprivation":

   privation, denial, destitution, hardship, dispossession, deprival, misery, revocation, poverty, starvation, disenfranchisement, divestment

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1. Sky News:

   Allowing her -- and indeed other terrorists -- back into the U.K. to pursue an appeal would create a national security risk that cannot be fully mitigated, even with the diversion of significant resources, he added. Begums bid to reclaim her citizenship initiallywasstruck down by an immigration court in February. The Special Immigration Appeals Commission, which hears national security cases, said she could instead turn to Bangladesh for citizenship. Yet her lawyer argued that Begum -- who is of British-Bangladeshi heritage was not considered a national of Bangladesh and was therefore rendered stateless by the deprivation decision.

2. Pulitzer Prize:

   White poverty is seen as different, even though there's a certain swath of the population that's been experiencing a certain level of deprivation for a very long time.

3. Carlos Ghosn:

   I was brutally taken from my work as I knew it, ripped from my family and my friends...It is impossible to express the depth of that deprivation, i was interrogated for up to eight hours a day without any lawyers present...'It will get worse for you if you don't just confess,' the prosecutor told me repeatedly.

4. Zafar Abbas:

   Keeping in view of this deprivation, (wealthy) people supported us and like the previous year, we offered those dishes which even a middle class person cannot afford, let alone the poor.

5. Chris Winter:

   I believe that this kind of sleep deprivation, often seen in shift workers, is a huge reason for the relationship issues they struggle with, these individuals are often forced to choose between sleep and social interaction … both choices lead to loneliness.