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emotional deprivation

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emotional deprivation
n.
The lack of adequate and appropriate interpersonal and environmental interaction, usually in the early developmental years.
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Also, prison inmates are said to be on drugs before entering prison because of emotional deprivation at birth and during the first two years of life.
The Biology of Love by Kohl, James V. / The Journal of Sex Research
Alan Parker's gorgeous film version tells an almost whimsical tale about the trials and tribulations of Irish sprites surviving the economic and emotional deprivations of that deeply dysfunctional sort of family that always seems to produce the most marvelous drunks and storytellers.
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Jamaica Kincaid writes spare - almost hypnotic - prose in "The Autobiography of My Mother," her novel about abandonment and emotional deprivation.
HAUNTING TALE OF A HAVE-NOT - WHO HAS NEITHER LOVE NOR SOLACE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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