(はくだつかん)

はくだつかん
noun
sense of deprivation; feeling of being deprived
cognitionsociety
1. sense of deprivation; feeling of being deprived
The psychological feeling that something one is entitled to or accustomed to has been taken away.
剥奪感(はくだつかん)(かん)じる
To feel a sense of deprivation.
失業(しつぎょう)による剥奪感(はくだつかん)社会(しゃかい)問題(もんだい)になっている。
The sense of deprivation caused by unemployment has become a social issue.
As economic disparity has widened, many people have come to feel a sense of relative deprivation.

A compound of 剥奪(はくだつ) (deprivation, stripping away) and (かん) (feeling, sense). A sociological and psychological term that describes the subjective experience of being deprived of rights, status, or resources.

In sociology, 相対的(そうたいてき)剥奪感(はくだつかん) (relative deprivation) is an important concept — it refers to the feeling of being worse off compared to others in one's reference group, even if one's objective conditions are not poor.

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