deprivative
Causing a loss
Deprivative describes something that takes away or withholds.
A deprivative measure removes rights or resources; deprivative conditions deny basic needs.
The word appears in legal, philosophical, and psychological contexts: The court found the policy deprivative of due process.
Less common than its relatives deprive and deprivation.
State following loss
- dispossessionDeprival of property rights
- disinheritanceExclusion from inheritance
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- evictionForced departure from rental
expropriation · forfeiture · confiscation · seizure · stripping · bereaving · divesting · denudation
Lack of something needed
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
- scarcityInsufficiency of something needed
- wantTo desire something
- paucityInsufficiency of amount
dearth · shortage · neediness · hardship · austerity · penury · indigence · destitution
Cutting out of tissue
- ablationRemoval by cutting, melting
- extractionAct of removing
- resectionSurgical tissue removal
- extirpationComplete destruction or removal
amputation · abscission · erasure · deletion · elimination · expurgation · stripping · denudation
Reduction in size
- lesseningBecoming reduced in degree
- decreaseBecome or make smaller
- curtailmentAct of reducing scope
- cutbackPlanned reduction in spending
downsizing · contraction · shrinkage · attenuation · minimization · paring · trimming · whittling
bereavement
State following loss
- dispossessionDeprival of property rights
- disinheritanceExclusion from inheritance
- displacementRemoval from usual location
eviction · expropriation · forfeiture · confiscation · seizure · stripping · bereaving · divesting · denudation · orphaning
deficiency
Lack of something needed
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
- scarcityInsufficiency of something needed
- wantTo desire something
paucity · dearth · shortage · neediness · hardship · austerity · penury · indigence · destitution · impoverishment
excision
Cutting out of tissue
- ablationRemoval by cutting, melting
- extractionAct of removing
- resectionSurgical tissue removal
extirpation · amputation · abscission · erasure · deletion · elimination · expurgation · stripping · denudation · depletion
diminution
Reduction in size
- lesseningBecoming reduced in degree
- decreaseBecome or make smaller
- curtailmentAct of reducing scope
cutback · downsizing · contraction · shrinkage · attenuation · minimization · paring · trimming · whittling · erosion
deprivativeadditive
Substance mixed in
supplementary · augmentative · contributive · accretive · cumulative
deprivativeenriching
Adding worth or nutrients
bestowing · conferring · endowing · benefactive · nourishing
- 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