Both Uses of
privation
in
1984 by Orwell
- What was more important was that sexual privation induced hysteria, which was desirable because it could be transformed into war-fever and leader-worship.†
p. 133..1
- But this, too, entailed military weakness, and since the privations it inflicted were obviously unnecessary, it made opposition inevitable.†
p. 190..9 *
Definition:
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(privation) lack of basic things needed to live in a satisfactory manner