different between privation vs indigence

English

Etymology

From Old French privacion, from Latin pr?v?ti?; compare French privation. See private.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /p?a??ve???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

privation (countable and uncountable, plural privations)

1. (philosophy) The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.
2. The state of being very poor, and lacking the basic necessities of life.
3. The act of depriving someone of such basic necessities; deprivation.
4. (obsolete) Degradation or suspension from an office.

Translations

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “privation”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

French

Etymology

From Latin pr?v?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?i.va.sj??/

Noun

privation f (plural privations)

1. deprivation
2. shortage, deficiency
3. defect

Related terms

• priver

Further reading

• “privation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Middle English indigence, late 14th century, from Old French indigence (13th century), from Latin indigentia, from indigentem, form of indig?re (“to need”), from indu (“in, within”) + eg?re (“be in need, want”).

Only relation to antonym affluence is common Latinate suffix +? -ence.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nd?d???ns/

Noun

indigence (countable and uncountable, plural indigences)

1. extreme poverty or destitution

Synonyms

• indigency

Antonyms

• affluence

Related terms

• indigent

Translations

References

French

Etymology

From Latin indigentia. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.di.???s/

Noun

indigence f (plural indigences)

1. indigence

Old French

Etymology

From Latin indigentia.

Noun

indigence f (oblique plural indigences, nominative singular indigence, nominative plural indigences)

1. indigence (poverty; lacking)

Descendants

• English: indigence
• French: indigence

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (indigence, supplement)