SENSORY DEPRIVATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sensory deprivation mean? 

• SENSORY DEPRIVATION (noun)
  The noun SENSORY DEPRIVATION has 1 sense:

1. a form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the victim of all sensory input

  Familiarity information: SENSORY DEPRIVATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SENSORY DEPRIVATION (noun)

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Meaning:

A form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the victim of all sensory input

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("sensory deprivation" is a kind of...):

torture; torturing (the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason)