deprivation
State of wanting
Deprivation is the state of lacking something considered necessary or desirable, or the act of taking such things away.
It often appears with modifiers specifying what's missing: sleep deprivation, sensory deprivation, material deprivation.
The word carries connotations of hardship and suffering, suggesting not just absence but harmful absence.
In legal and social contexts, deprivation may refer to the denial of rights or resources: The lawsuit alleged deprivation of due process.
Deficient supply of necessities
- deficitAmount still owed
- lackDeficiency or absence
- dearthAcute shortage of something
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
paucity · famine · drought · undersupply · penury · poverty · inadequacy · meagerness
Extreme nutritional deprivation
- malnutritionDisease from dietary inadequacy
- famineSevere food shortage
- undernourishmentInsufficient dietary intake
- emaciationExtreme bodily thinness
wasting · malnourishment · hunger · fasting · cachexia · inanition · gauntness
Intense prolonged craving
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- desireIntense wanting
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- thirstNeed for fluid
hunger · wanting · ache · emptiness · void · absence · unfulfillment · dissatisfaction
Act of leaving permanently
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
- disregardWillful lack of attention
- inattentionLack of focus
- derelictionAbandonment of duty
omission · indifference · carelessness · oversight · heedlessness · disuse · apathy · unmindfulness
Absence of vision
- deafnessLack of auditory function
- isolationComplete separation from others
- darknessTotal absence of light
- silenceTotal lack of sound
numbness · solitary · flotation · insomnia · confinement · blackout · anechoic · senselessness
Voluntary forgoing of indulgences
- self-denialRestraining one's own desires
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
temperance · monasticism · frugality · minimalism · stoicism · spartan · puritanism · restraint
Seizure by authority
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
- repossessionCreditor seizing collateral
- foreclosureLender seizes mortgaged property
- disinheritanceExclusion from inheritance
eviction · displacement · divestiture · stripping · commandeering · annexation · impoundment · forfeiture
shortage
Deficient supply of necessities
insufficiency · paucity · famine · drought · undersupply · penury · poverty · inadequacy · meagerness · sparsity
starvation
Extreme nutritional deprivation
- malnutritionDisease from dietary inadequacy
- famineSevere food shortage
- undernourishmentInsufficient dietary intake
emaciation · wasting · malnourishment · hunger · fasting · cachexia · inanition · gauntness
yearning
Intense prolonged craving
thirst · hunger · wanting · ache · emptiness · void · absence · unfulfillment · dissatisfaction · incompleteness
abandonment
Act of leaving permanently
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
- disregardWillful lack of attention
- inattentionLack of focus
dereliction · omission · indifference · carelessness · oversight · heedlessness · disuse · apathy · unmindfulness · maltreatment
blindness
Absence of vision
- deafnessLack of auditory function
- isolationComplete separation from others
- darknessTotal absence of light
silence · numbness · solitary · flotation · insomnia · confinement · blackout · anechoic · senselessness · disorientation
abstinence
Voluntary forgoing of indulgences
- self-denialRestraining one's own desires
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
renunciation · temperance · monasticism · frugality · minimalism · stoicism · spartan · puritanism · restraint · self-discipline
confiscation
Seizure by authority
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
- repossessionCreditor seizing collateral
- foreclosureLender seizes mortgaged property
disinheritance · eviction · displacement · divestiture · stripping · commandeering · annexation · impoundment · forfeiture · requisition
- frugalityfrugality, thrift, frugal, penny-pinching, economize
- deficienciesdeficiency, deficit, lack, shortage, insufficiency
- living conditionshousing, income, employment, healthcare access, education access
- povertypoverty line, poor, poverty rate, impoverished, generational poverty
- abstinencesobriety, celibacy, chastity, teetotalism, fasting
- dangersdanger, peril, hazard, risk, menace
deprivationabundance
Ample supply, overflowing
plenty · sufficiency · wealth · affluence · possession
deprivationindulgence
Yielding to desire
luxury · gratification · fulfillment · satisfaction · comfort
- sleep deprivationInadequate rest condition
- oxygen deprivationInsufficient breathable gas supply
- sensory deprivationBlocking all external stimuli
- sensory deprivation tankLightless pod for floating
- emotional deprivationAbsence of nurturing bonds