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Neediness vs Privation - What's the difference?

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Neediness is a related term of privation.


As nouns the difference between neediness and privation

is that neediness is the characteristic of being needy while privation is (philosophy) the state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.

neediness

English

Noun

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  • The characteristic of being needy.
  • * 1982 , Julie A. Matthaei, An Economic History of Women in America: Women's Work, the Sexual Division of Labor, and the Development of Capitalism , page 247
    • The kind of family neediness experienced by homemakers differed between classes.

    privation

    English

    Noun

  • (philosophy) The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.
  • The state of being very poor, and lacking the basic necessities of life.
  • The act of depriving someone of such basic necessities; deprivation.

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