How to say "deprivation" in Japanese

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  • 遮断しゃだんCommon
    noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'deprivation' as being cut off — isolation, blockade, quarantine. The common word of the three: being shut off from contact or the outside world, not having a right or rank taken away.
    がけくずれで交通こうつうは遮断しゃだんされた。↗
    Traffic was blocked by a landslide.
  • 剥奪はくだつ
    noun, suru verb, transitive verbDeprivation as the stripping away of rights, rank or the like — a taking away that amounts to forfeit or revocation. Less common than 遮断, but the word you want when something held is removed.
    ケネス・スターがまたしても権力けんりょくを濫用らんようし、私がインターネットを使つかう権利けんりを剥奪はくだつしたのです。↗
    Kenneth Starr abused his power again and took away my right to get on-line.
  • 褫奪ちだつ
    noun, suru verbA less common near-synonym of 剥奪, denoting the stripping of clothes or office. For most senses of 'deprivation' this is seldom the word you want; 剥奪 is the safer choice.

For 'deprivation', use 剥奪 for the stripping away of rights or rank, 遮断 for being cut off or isolated from something, and 褫奪 hardly ever — it is a less common synonym of 剥奪.

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Japanese equivalents
  • 遮断しゃだんisolation
  • 剥奪はくだつstripping (of rights, rank, etc.)
  • 褫奪ちだつstripping (of clothes, office, etc.)
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