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Privation 1100 Words You Need Week 8 Day 2

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Privation 1100 Words You Need

Privation 1100 Words You Need

/praɪˈveɪ.ʃən/ (noun)

a lack of the basic things that are necessary for an acceptable standard of living, poverty, deprivation, hardship, adversity, need, misery, impoverishment:

Economic privation is pushing the poor towards crime.

Several villages suffered serious privations during their long isolation during the war.

antonym: affluence, wealth, riches

French: privation

Farsi: محرومیت


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