privacy
Etymology Pronunciation
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Etymology Pronunciation
- (British) enPR: prĭ'və-sē, IPA: /ˈpɹɪv.ə.si/, /ˈpɹaɪ.və.si/
- (America) enPR: prī'və-sē, IPA: /ˈpɹaɪ.və.si/
privacy
- (uncountable) The state of being secluded from the presence, sight, or knowledge of others.
- I need my privacy, so please stay out of my room.
- 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC ↗:
- Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, […]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
- (uncountable) Freedom from unwanted or undue disturbance of one's private life.
- It takes a village to rob one of a sense of privacy.
- (uncountable) Freedom from damaging publicity, public scrutiny, surveillance, and disclosure of personal information, usually by a government or a private organization.
- Privacy is assumed by many to be among common-law rights.
- (countable, obsolete) A place of seclusion.
- (obsolete, legal) A relationship between parties seen as being a result of their mutual interest or participation in a given transaction, contract etc.
- Synonyms: privity
- (obsolete) Secrecy.
- (countable, obsolete) A private matter.
- Synonyms: secret
- French: intimité, vie privée, confidentialité
- German: Zurückgezogenheit, Privatsphäre, Privatheit
- Italian: privatezza, intimità, privacy
- Portuguese: intimidade, privacidade
- Russian: уедине́ние
- Spanish: intimidad, privacidad
- French: tranquillité, intimité
- Italian: riservatezza, privatezza, privacy
- Russian: прива́тность
- Italian: riservatezza, privatezza, privacy
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