privation

Definitions

priv (Latin privare 'to strip away') + -ation (state) = 'the state of having been stripped of things.' Unlike deprivation, privation has no de- prefix and is more literary, naming the hardship of going without — want, scarcity, poverty.

Common Collocations

• 1.suffer privation忍受匮乏
• 2.years of privation多年的贫困
• 3.hardship and privation艰难困苦

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The refugees endured years of hunger and privation.

• 2.

  The soldiers suffered terrible privation during the long winter.

Easily Confused

privation vs deprivation — Close in meaning, but deprivation often names the act of taking away (and pairs with of: sleep deprivation), while privation is literary and names the state of hardship from lacking necessities. You experience privation; you suffer deprivation of something specific.