deprivation

UK/ˌdɛp.ɹɪˈveɪʃən/

nounC1Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #9,148 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: deprivations

Deprivation is the lack of what is needed for a decent life. Sleep deprivation, urban deprivation, index of deprivation.

It is a measured term in policy, and English councils are ranked on an index of multiple deprivation covering income, health, housing and more. Sleep deprivation is the other common use and is a recognised method of torture.

Definitions of deprivation

1noundeprivationThe lack of what is needed for a decent life.C1
“The report linked poor health in the area to years of unemployment and deprivation.”

deprivation is a lack.

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deprivation in the wild

The absence of visual and auditory stimulation (sensory deprivation) during REM sleep can cause hallucinations.
Rapid eye movement sleep
Many experiments have involved awakening test subjects whenever they begin to enter the REM phase, thereby producing a state known as REM deprivation.
Rapid eye movement sleep
Sensory deprivation has been used in various alternative medicines and in psychological experiments (e.g. with an isolation tank).
Sensory deprivation
In this case a constant uniform stimulus is used instead of attempting to remove the stimuli; this leads to effects which have similarities to sensory deprivation.
Sensory deprivation
There are two kinds of sleep debt: the result of partial sleep deprivation, and of total sleep deprivation.
Sleep debt

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