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. 133.1privation = lack of basic things needed to live in a satisfactory manner
- But this, too, entailed military weakness, and since the privations it inflicted were obviously unnecessary, it made opposition inevitable.†
p. 190.9 *privations = things that are lacking which are needed to live in a satisfactory manner