Definition of "deprivations" [deprivations]

• Plural form of deprivation. (noun)

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• "It repeatedly recalls the deprivations that gave rise to Social Security and Medicare; the latter was a key proposal in John Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign."
• ""It was just awful before," says Vitaly, recalling the deprivations of the 1990s and before that of the Soviet period."
• "It repeatedly recalls the deprivations that gave rise to Social Security and Medicare; the latter was a key proposal in John Kennedy's"