emotional deprivation
Americannoun
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IDA posted a video on Twitter in February that showed the pandas pacing in circles around their enclosure as proof they were suffering from "physical, mental, and emotional deprivation."
From Reuters ● Dec. 21, 2022
It ends in 1990 with their marriage splintering on the rocks of infidelity, insecurity and emotional deprivation.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2020
Tribole and Resch also said that sometimes what people label as emotional eating is actually compensatory eating due to food restriction, or to other types of physical, mental and emotional deprivation.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2020
For Matthews, all that matters is to break the cycle of emotional deprivation.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 6, 2011
In all of these cases, there was evidence of severe emotional deprivation in early life.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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