Often it has been seen that children suffering from extreme deprivation in their childhood can become deviant as they grow up.

deprivation 是名词，由动词 deprive（剥夺）加上名词后缀 -ation 构成。deprive 本身由前缀 de-（表示"去除"）和词根 prive（来自拉丁语 privare，意为"剥夺"）组成。deprivation 指"被剥夺基本需求或权利的状态"，在这里特指儿童在成长过程中被剥夺了必要的关爱、照顾等基本需求。