starvations
Deaths from hunger
Starvations is the plural of starvation, the state of suffering or dying from extreme lack of food.
The plural appears when discussing multiple instances or types: mass starvations throughout history, the starvations caused by colonial policies.
Starvation also applies figuratively to severe deprivation of anything essential: oxygen starvation, resource starvation in computing systems.
Extreme widespread food shortages
- droughtsExtended periods without precipitation
- food shortagesInsufficient supply of nourishment
- relief effortsOrganized assistance after disasters
- aidSupport given freely
rations · malnutrition · humanitarian crises · food insecurity · scarcity · deprivation · breadlines · famine victims
Need for nourishment
- malnutritionDisease from dietary inadequacy
- emaciationExtreme bodily thinness
- wastingUsing poorly, inefficiently
- cachexiaSevere illness-induced wasting
ketosis · weakness · organ failure · metabolic · deficiency · atrophy · dehydration · fatigue
Severe lack of resources
- destitutionExtreme poverty, lacking necessities
- wantTo desire something
- penuryExtreme lack of money
- indigenceExtreme poverty, total want
hardship · impoverishment · wages · exploitation · inequality · breadwinner · unemployment · homelessness
Political refusal of food
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
- anorexiaEating disorder, self-starvation
- self-denialRestraining one's own desires
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
abstinence · deprivation · restriction · purging · refusal · voluntary · political prisoners · suffragettes
Blocking all external stimuli
- sleep deprivationInadequate rest condition
- emotional neglectFailure to meet feeling-needs
- isolationComplete separation from others
- withholdingKeeping from another
famines
Extreme widespread food shortages
- droughtsExtended periods without precipitation
- food shortagesInsufficient supply of nourishment
- relief effortsOrganized assistance after disasters
aid · rations · malnutrition · humanitarian crises · food insecurity · scarcity · deprivation · breadlines · famine victims · emergency supplies
hunger
Need for nourishment
- malnutritionDisease from dietary inadequacy
- emaciationExtreme bodily thinness
- wastingUsing poorly, inefficiently
cachexia · ketosis · weakness · organ failure · metabolic · deficiency · atrophy · dehydration · fatigue · caloric deficit
poverty
Severe lack of resources
- destitutionExtreme poverty, lacking necessities
- wantTo desire something
- penuryExtreme lack of money
indigence · hardship · impoverishment · wages · exploitation · inequality · breadwinner · unemployment · homelessness · welfare
hunger strikes
Political refusal of food
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
- anorexiaEating disorder, self-starvation
- self-denialRestraining one's own desires
protest · abstinence · deprivation · restriction · purging · refusal · voluntary · political prisoners · suffragettes · Gandhi
sensory deprivation
Blocking all external stimuli
- sleep deprivationInadequate rest condition
- emotional neglectFailure to meet feeling-needs
- isolationComplete separation from others
starvationsfeasts
Grand ceremonial meals
satiation · satiety · plenty · abundance · nourishment
starvationssatiety
State of being full
fullness · satisfaction · obesity · corpulence · plumpness
starvationsfeasts
Grand ceremonial meals
abundances · surpluses · gluts · plenty · overabundances
- starvation dietSevere caloric deprivation regimen
- starvation wagesPay too low to live on
- mass starvationWidespread fatal hunger
- starvation modeMetabolic adaptation to scarcity