privacy en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈpɹɪv.ə.si/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈpɹaɪ.və.si/ (General-American)
- /ˈpɹɪvəsɪj/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈpɹɑjvəsɪj/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- prī'və-sē (General-American)
- /ˈpɹaɪ.və.si/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- prĭ'və-sē (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From priv(ate) + -acy.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state of being secluded from the presence, sight, or knowledge of others.
It is realised that the old Pullman standard sleeper, with its convertible "sections", each containing upper and lower berths, and with no greater privacy at night than the curtains drawn along both sides of a middle aisle, has had its day.
1944 November and December, “"Duplex Roomette" Sleeping Cars”, in Railway Magazine, page 324: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.
1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:I need my privacy, so please stay out of my room.
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(uncountable) Freedom from unwanted or undue disturbance of one's private life.
Those prying neighbours have robbed me of my sense of privacy.
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(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.
Trixie Channing: Good God. Is there no privacy? DCI Tom Barnaby: No, not in a murder case.
1998 May 6, Douglas Watkinson et al., “Death in Disguise”, in Midsomer Murders:
- (countable, obsolete) A place of seclusion.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A relationship between parties seen as being a result of their mutual interest or participation in a given transaction, contract etc.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Secrecy.
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(countable, obsolete) A private matter.
It ſeems more probable that Ovid vvas either the Confident of ſome other paſſion, or that he had ſtumbled by ſome inadvertency, upon the privacies of Livia, and ſeen her in a Bath: […]
1680, John Dryden, “The Preface to Ovid’s Epistles”, in Ovid, Ovid’s Epistles, […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| privacies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
privacy coin · cyberprivacy · invasion of privacy · privacy seal · antiprivacy · privacy policy · e-privacy · data privacy · differential privacy · semiprivacy · geoprivacy · undisprivacied
Relateds
mind one's own business · private
Synonyms
Translations (140)
ru прива́тность (state of being secluded) · ja プライヴァシー (state of being secluded) · ky купуялык (state of being secluded) · ur تَخْلِیَہ (state of being secluded) · gl privacidade (freedom from publicity, scrutiny, surveillance, etc.) · scn privacy (freedom from unwanted disturbance) · ka განცალკევება (state of being secluded) · be прыва́тнасць (freedom from unwanted disturbance) · sh privátnōst (state of being secluded) · fr confidentialité (state of being secluded) · ko 프라이버시 (state of being secluded) · ca privacitat (state of being secluded) · fi yksityisyys (state of being secluded) · uk прива́тність (freedom from unwanted disturbance) · fi rauha (freedom from unwanted disturbance) · es privacidad (state of being secluded) · ru пра́йвеси (freedom from unwanted disturbance) · ka ინტიმურობა (state of being secluded) · uk самоти́на (state of being secluded) · az şəxsilik (state of being secluded) · ca privadesa (state of being secluded) · gl intimidade (freedom from unwanted disturbance) · ru конфиденциа́льность (state of being secluded) · de Ruhe (freedom from unwanted disturbance) · uk недоторка́нність прива́тного життя́ (state of being secluded) · sk súkromie (state of being secluded) · ru ли́чное простра́нство (state of being secluded) · ne गोपनियता (state of being secluded) · uk самотина́ (state of being secluded) · sa रहस् (state of being secluded) · de Persönlichkeitsrechte (freedom from publicity, scrutiny, surveillance, etc.) · cs soukromí (state of being secluded) · de Zurückgezogenheit (state of being secluded) · gl intimidade (state of being secluded) · scn ntimità (state of being secluded) · it privacy (state of being secluded) · uk конфіденці́йність (state of being secluded) · sv privatliv (state of being secluded) · it privatezza (freedom from unwanted disturbance) · scn risirbatizza (freedom from unwanted disturbance) · ru уедине́ние (state of being secluded) · ru пра́йвеси (state of being secluded) · pt intimidade (state of being secluded) · bg ли́чно простра́нство (state of being secluded) · pt privacidade (state of being secluded) · be канфідэнцыя́льнасць (state of being secluded) · fi yksityisyys (freedom from unwanted disturbance) · scn privatizza (freedom from unwanted disturbance) · uk само́тність (state of being secluded) · ru пра́йвеси (state of being secluded) · scn privacy (freedom from publicity, scrutiny, surveillance, etc.) · el μυστικότητα (state of being secluded) · ar خَلْوَة (state of being secluded) · hi एकांत (state of being secluded) · ru неприкоснове́нность ча́стной жи́зни (state of being secluded) · sv avskildhet (state of being secluded) · ka პრივატულობა (state of being secluded) · es intimidad (state of being secluded) · ka სიმარტოვე (state of being secluded) · mk приватност (state of being secluded) · gl privacidade (state of being secluded) · it privatezza (freedom from publicity, scrutiny, surveillance, etc.) · oc privacitat (state of being secluded) · yi פּריוואַטיקייט (state of being secluded) · ru прива́тность (freedom from unwanted disturbance) · ro intimitate (state of being secluded) · scn risirbatizza (freedom from publicity, scrutiny, surveillance, etc.) · it privacy (freedom from unwanted disturbance) · pdt Veborjenheit (state of being secluded) · de Ungestörtsein (freedom from publicity, scrutiny, surveillance, etc.) · scn privatizza (state of being secluded) · ml സ്വകാര്യത (state of being secluded) · sv integritet (freedom from publicity, scrutiny, surveillance, etc.) · hy գաղտնիություն (state of being secluded) · fa حریم شخصی (state of being secluded) · de Privatsphäre (state of being secluded) · is persónuvernd (state of being secluded) · ur گوشَہ (state of being secluded) · ka კონფიდენციალურობა (freedom from publicity, scrutiny, surveillance, etc.) · ast privacidá (state of being secluded) · az məhrumiyyət (state of being secluded) · tr gizlilik (state of being secluded) · km បុគ្គលិកភាព (state of being secluded) · gl privacidade (freedom from unwanted disturbance) · bg уедине́ние (state of being secluded) · bg самота́ (state of being secluded) · nb privatliv (state of being secluded) · nl privacy (state of being secluded) · it riservatezza (freedom from publicity, scrutiny, surveillance, etc.) · gl intimidade (freedom from publicity, scrutiny, surveillance, etc.) · sh прива́тно̄ст (state of being secluded) · ro confidențialitate (state of being secluded) · cmn 隱私 /隐私 (state of being secluded) · de Ungestörtheit (state of being secluded) · fr vie privée (state of being secluded) · ko 사생활 (state of being secluded) · de Privatsphäre (freedom from publicity, scrutiny, surveillance, etc.) · sl zasebnost (state of being secluded) · fr tranquillité (freedom from unwanted disturbance) · it intimità (state of being secluded) · uk самота́ (state of being secluded) · de Privatsphäre (freedom from unwanted disturbance) · da privatliv (state of being secluded) · uk самі́тність (state of being secluded) · be прыва́тнасць (state of being secluded) · pl prywatność (freedom from unwanted disturbance) · hu magánélet (state of being secluded) · ja プライバシー (state of being secluded) · scn privatizza (freedom from publicity, scrutiny, surveillance, etc.) · ar خُصُوصِيَّة (state of being secluded) · fi yksityisyys (freedom from publicity, scrutiny, surveillance, etc.) · ko 프라이버시 (freedom from unwanted disturbance) · fr intimité (state of being secluded) · cy preifatrwydd (state of being secluded) · ru секре́тность (state of being secluded) · he פְּרָטִיּוּת (state of being secluded) · ka მარტოობა (state of being secluded) · ja プライヴァシー (freedom from unwanted disturbance) · it riservatezza (freedom from unwanted disturbance) · ja プライバシー (freedom from unwanted disturbance) · ka განმარტოება (state of being secluded) · eo privateco (state of being secluded) · it privatezza (state of being secluded) · ru пра́йвеси (freedom from unwanted disturbance) · el ιδιωτικότητα (state of being secluded) · ga príobháideachas (state of being secluded) · ka საიდუმლოება (state of being secluded) · ka კონფიდენციალობა (state of being secluded) · th ความเป็นส่วนตัว (state of being secluded) · kk приваттылық (state of being secluded) · tr mahremiyet (state of being secluded) · it privacy (freedom from publicity, scrutiny, surveillance, etc.) · de Abgeschiedenheit (state of being secluded) · mn хувийн нууцлал (state of being secluded) · fr intimité (freedom from unwanted disturbance) · ar سِرِّيَّة (state of being secluded) · pl prywatność (state of being secluded) · uk прива́тність (state of being secluded) · vi sự riêng tư (state of being secluded) · nl afzondering (state of being secluded)