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privation

N การ ขาดแคลน ซึ่ง สิ่งจำเป็น พื้นฐาน ใน การดำรงชีวิต  want poverty kan-kad-kaen-sueng-siang-jam-pen-puean-tan-nai-kan-dam-rong-che-wid

 

privation

N การถอดถอน  kan-tod-ton

 

privation

N การถูก ถอดถอน  kan-tuk-tod-ton

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PRIVATION

n.[L. privatio, from privo. See Private. ] 1. The state of being deprived; particularly, deprivation or absence of what is necessary for comfort. He endures his privations with wonderful fortitude.
2. The act of removing something possessed; the removal or destruction of any thing or quality. The garrison was compelled by privation to surrender.
For what is this contagious sin of kind
But a privation of that grace within?
3. Absence, in general. Darkness is a privation of light.
4. The act of the mind in separating a thing from something appendant.
5. The act of degrading from rank or office.
[But in this sense, deprivation is now used. See Deprivation. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PRIVATION

Pri *va "tion n. Etym: [L. privatio: cf. F. privation. See Private. ]

 

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

 

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

 

3. The condition of being absent; absence; negation. Evil will be known by consequence, as being only a privation, or absence, of good. South. Privation mere of light and absent day. Milton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

privation

pri va tion |prīˈvāSHən praɪˈveɪʃən | noun a state in which things that are essential for human well-being such as food and warmth are scarce or lacking: years of rationing and privation | the privations of life at the front. formal the loss or absence of a quality or attribute that is normally present: cold is the privation of heat. ORIGIN Middle English: from Latin privatio (n- ), from privat- deprived, from the verb privare (see private ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

privation

privation |prʌɪˈveɪʃ (ə )n | noun [ mass noun ] 1 a state in which food and other essentials for well-being are lacking: years of rationing and privation | [ count noun ] : the privations of life at the front. 2 formal the loss or absence of a quality or attribute that is normally present: cold is the privation of heat. ORIGIN Middle English: from Latin privatio (n- ), from privat- deprived , from the verb privare (see private ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

privation

privation noun years of rationing and privation: deprivation, hardship, destitution, impoverishment, want, need, neediness, austerity. ANTONYMS plenty, luxury.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

privation

privation noun years of rationing and privation: deprivation, hardship, poverty, penury, indigence, destitution, impoverishment, want, need, neediness; disadvantage, austerity; suffering, affliction, distress, misery; rare impecuniousness, impecuniosity. ANTONYMS plenty; luxury.

 

Duden Dictionary

Privation

Pri va ti on Substantiv, feminin , die |Privati o n |1 veraltet Beraubung; Entziehung 2 Philosophie Negation, bei der das negierende Prädikat dem Subjekt nicht nur eine Eigenschaft, sondern auch sein Wesen abspricht

 

French Dictionary

privation

privation n. f. nom féminin Action de priver, de se priver de choses essentielles. : Ces réfugiés ont souffert de privations: ils avaient bien peu à manger.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

privation

pri va tion /praɪvéɪʃ (ə )n /名詞 U C かたく (生活必需品などの )欠乏, 不足, 窮乏 ; (そこから生じる )不自由 .