postdeprivation

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adjective

After a period of deprivation.

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Meanings

adjectivepostdeprivation (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAfter a period of deprivation.

    Taken together, the decisions indicate that for deprivations worked by such random and unauthorized departures from otherwise unimpugned and established state procedures the State provides the process due by making available adequate postdeprivation remedies.

    1989, Sandra Day O'Connor, Texas v. New Mexico

Origin

From post- + deprivation.

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APA

postdeprivation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postdeprivation

MLA

“postdeprivation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postdeprivation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postdeprivation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postdeprivation.

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