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self-deprivation en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English deprivation English self-deprivation From self- + deprivation.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A deprivation at one's own initiative.
    • Dieting is self-deprivation.

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