material deprivation

collocation in English

meaningsofmaterialanddeprivation

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material
adjective
uk
/məˈtɪə.ri.əl/us
/məˈtɪr.i.əl/
relating to physical objects or money rather than emotions or the ...
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deprivation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌdep.rɪˈveɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌdep.rəˈveɪ.ʃən/
a situation in which you do not have things or conditions that are usually considered necessary for a ...
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(Definition ofmaterialanddeprivationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmaterial deprivation

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The loss of traditional honour and status was more potent than any merematerialdeprivation.
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They were possessed by most people, reflect rather basic aspects of currentmaterialdeprivation, and cluster together.
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In a period in whichmaterialdeprivationand immobility was relatively widespread in working-class districts, residents tended to rely on informal social support mechanisms.
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The felt sense of deprivation of the women had more to do with emotional problems such as loneliness and bereavement than withmaterialdeprivation.
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Materialdeprivation, too, was directly related to population movement.
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In simple terms, however, where poverty focuses uponmaterialdeprivation, social exclusion includes also consideration of access to employment and family networks and to public and private services.
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Numerous studies at local authority ward level have pinpointed pockets of poor health that correspond to areas of social andmaterialdeprivation.
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This new measure will include indicators of low income andmaterialdeprivation.
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They regard it as an entity in itself and not simply the result of emotional andmaterialdeprivation.
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Numerous studies at local authority and ward level have pinpointed pockets of poor health that correspond to areas of social andmaterialdeprivation.
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In my own view, it is a basic scandal that so many of them are still being brought up in conditions of greatmaterialdeprivation.
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In terms ofmaterialdeprivationand poverty, that place outstripped anything that our inner cities can produce.
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In other words, they were suffering bothmaterialdeprivationand stress.
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We are discussing unemployment side by side withmaterialdeprivation.
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In fact, water fluoridation has been shown to benefit most those who have the greatest social andmaterialdeprivation.
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We know that there will be three measures: the relative income indicator that we have now; an absolute poverty indicator; and amaterialdeprivationand low income combined indicator.
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The report provides details of the questions which will form part of thematerialdeprivationtier of the new child poverty measure and the basis on which they were selected.
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Reference has been made to social andmaterialdeprivationand the health problems from which children suffer as a result of that.
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The other important point to make is that thematerialdeprivationcomponent of the new measure will illustrate whether high housing costs are giving people a low after-housing cost income.
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I do not at all believe that there is a direct link betweenmaterialdeprivationand delinquency, either one way or the other, but there is an association.
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