Deprival

/dɪˈpraɪvəl/ noun

Definition

The act or process of taking something away from someone, or the state of having something taken away.

Etymology

From deprive (Old French depriver, from Latin deprivare 'to take away') + -al (suffix forming nouns from verbs). The word evolved from legal and formal contexts to describe any removal of possession or rights.

Kelly Says

Deprival is a somewhat formal or archaic word—you'll rarely hear it in everyday speech. Instead, we say 'deprivation,' which has become the standard term. Language sometimes creates multiple forms, but only some survive into modern use.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
እንደ ነገር
en-deh-neh-ger
ARالعربية
نقص
naq-s
BNবাংলা
অভাব
ab-hab
CACatalà
privació
pri-vah-thee-ohn
CSČeština
odsouzení
od-soo-zee-nee
DADansk
frasvist
fra-s-vist
DEDeutsch
Entzug
ent-zug
ELΕλληνικά
αποστείρωση
ah-pos-tee-roh-see
ESEspañol
privación
pri-vah-thee-ohn
FAفارسی
فقر
fa-qir
FISuomi
puute
poo-teh
FRFrançais
privation
pri-vah-see-ohn
GUGU
ઉદાસી
oo-dah-see
HAHA
sadau
sah-dow
HEעברית
היעדר
hee-a-der
HIहिन्दी
अवसर का अभाव
av-sar ka ab-hav
HUMagyar
elvonás
el-vo-nas
IDBahasa Indonesia
kekurangan
keh-koo-ra-ngan
IGIG
nwata
nwa-ta
ITItaliano
privativa
pri-vah-tee-vah
JA日本語
剥奪
haku-datsu
KKKK
көңілсіздік
koeng-il-siz-dik
KMKM
សេចក្តីសោក
seh-chak-tee-sok
KO한국어
결핍
gyeol-pi-p
MRMR
काळजी
kaal-jee
MSBahasa Melayu
kekurangan
keh-koo-ra-ngan
MYမြန်မာ
ကျန်းမာရေး
kyan-ma-ray
NLNederlands
ontneming
ont-neh-ming
NONorsk
berøvet
beh-roh-vet
PAPA
ਹਨੇਰ
han-er
PLPolski
depriwacja
deh-pri-vah-tsya
PTPortuguês
privação
pri-vah-sawn
RORomână
deprivare
deh-pri-vah-reh
RUРусский
депривация
deh-pri-vah-tsee-ya
SVSvenska
beroende
beh-roh-n-deh
SWKiswahili
upungufu
oo-poon-goo-foo
TAதமிழ்
வறுமை
var-umai
TEతెలుగు
పేదరి
peh-da-ree
THไทย
ขาดแคลน
khaat-klan
TLTL
pagkukulang
pahg-koo-koo-lang
TRTürkçe
yok olma
yok-oh-mah
UKУкраїнська
депривація
deh-pri-vah-tsee-ya
URاردو
خلاء
khaal
VITiếng Việt
thiếu thốn
thieu-thohn
YOYO
àjọ́
ah-joh
ZH中文
剥夺
bō duó
ZUZU
ukuthula
oo-koo-thoo-la

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