sensory deprivation

1. 1.

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

   Broadertorture

Questions about sensory deprivation

What does sensory deprivation mean?

sensory deprivation means "a form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the victim of all sensory input".

Is sensory deprivation a common word?

sensory deprivation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.