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public life en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The aspects of social life which occur in public, in the open, as opposed to more private social interaction within families, private clubs, etc.
    • Holonyms: life; daily life, real life
    • He was a native of Hua-t’ing, Kiangsu Province, and was director of education at K’un-shan, but retired on account of his dislike of public life. 1927, John C. Ferguson, Chinese Painting, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, →OCLC, page 148:
    • Meronym: work life
  2. (uncountable) Politics, as in the profession of being a politician or political activism in general.

Antonyms

love life · nightlife · personal life · dream life · sex life · private life

Synonyms

public service

Translations (13)

hu közélet (aspects of social life which occur in public) · es vida pública (aspects of social life which occur in public) · gu લોકજીવન (aspects of social life which occur in public) · ru обще́ственная жизнь (aspects of social life which occur in public) · gu જાહેરજીવન (aspects of social life which occur in public) · cmn 社交 (aspects of social life which occur in public) · fi julkinen elämä (aspects of social life which occur in public) · fr vie publique (aspects of social life which occur in public) · ro viața publică (aspects of social life which occur in public) · de öffentliches Leben (aspects of social life which occur in public) · sv det offentliga livet (aspects of social life which occur in public) · nl openbaar leven (aspects of social life which occur in public) · pl życie publiczne (aspects of social life which occur in public)