Definition of Deprivation. Meaning of Deprivation. Synonyms of Deprivation

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Definition of Deprivation

Deprivation
Deprivation Dep`ri*va"tion, n. [LL. deprivatio.] 1. The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity. 2. The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement. 3. (Eccl. Law) the taking away from a clergyman his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity. Note: Deprivation may be a beneficio or ab officio; the first takes away the living, the last degrades and deposes from the order.

Meaning of Deprivation from wikipedia

- Look up deprivation or deprive in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Deprivation or deprive may refer to: Poverty, pronounced deprivation in well-being...
- Sleep deprivation, also known as sleep insufficiency or sleeplessness, is the condition of not having adequate duration and/or quality of sleep to support...
- A deprivation index or poverty index (or index of deprivation or index of poverty) is a data set to measure relative deprivation (a measure of poverty)...
- Relative deprivation is the lack of resources to sustain the diet, lifestyle, activities and amenities that an individual or group are accustomed to or...
- Sensory deprivation or perceptual isolation is the deliberate reduction or removal of stimuli from one or more of the senses. Simple devices such as blindfolds...
- Wake therapy (sometimes sleep deprivation therapy) is a specific application of intentional sleep deprivation. It encomp****es many sleep-restricting paradigms...
- Maternal deprivation is a scientific term summarising the early work of psychiatrist and psychoanalyst John Bowlby on the effects of separating infants...
- School, Bruce McAllister and Joe Marciano Jr. Accounts of Gardner's sleep deprivation experience and medical response became widely known among the sleep research...
- A fluid or water deprivation test is a medical test which can be used to determine whether the patient has diabetes insipidus as opposed to other causes...
- An isolation tank, sensory deprivation tank, float tank, float pod, float cabin, flotation tank, or sensory attenuation tank is a water filled, pitch-black...