Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The quality or condition of being secluded from the presence or view of others.
- noun The state of being free from public attention or unsanctioned intrusion.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A state of being private, or in retirement from the company or from the knowledge or observation of others; seclusion.
- noun A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement.
- noun Joint knowledge; privity. See
privity . - noun Taciturnity.
- noun Secrecy; concealment of what is said or done.
- noun A private or personal matter, circumstance, or relation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being in retirement from the company or observation of others; seclusion.
- noun A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement.
- noun Concealment of what is said or done.
- noun A private matter; a secret.
- noun obsolete See
Privity , 2.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being
private ; the state of not being seen by others.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the condition of being concealed or hidden
- noun the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others
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Examples
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A fundamental notion in privacy is the idea of different spheres.
Discourse.net: Privacy is More About Control than About Content 2010
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Among the people, indeed, what we term privacy in the Occident does not exist.
Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic Sidney Lewis Gulick 1902
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Among the people, indeed, what we term privacy in the Occident does not exist.
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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In an attempt to discredit the understanding of Spyware, a more formal classification of its included software types is captured under the term privacy-invasive software
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Neither woman was named by Politico because of what it called "privacy concerns".
Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain accused of 'sexually suggestive behaviour' 2011
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Neither woman was named by Politico because of what it called "privacy concerns".
Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain accused of 'sexually suggestive behaviour' 2011
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"In the end, I feel my privacy is a small price to pay for educating the government about the medium."
Boing Boing 2009
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Neither woman was named by Politico because of what it called "privacy concerns".
Herman Cain: first appearances after sexual harassment allegations – live 2011
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Today, he says, Abine uses the word "privacy" again, and has received more than 30 unsolicited approaches from investors in the past six months.
Web's Hot New Commodity: Privacy Julia Angwin 2011
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Politico reported that it knows the women's names but isn't disclosing them for what it called privacy reasons.
The Cain Scrutiny Paul Gigot 2011
kewpid commented on the word privacy
A two-hour "discussion" on this led to a deluge of references: Britney Spears' trainwreck, disturbingly high college male readership of Who Weekly, unintended nude photos on Bebo, suspected self-lovin' in the Carslaw toilets, Senator Larry Craig's 'wide stance', Ted Haggard, Bill 'n' Monica, mental health, the paparazzi, footage of fat people on Today Tonight, and middle-class Anglo-Saxon reluctance to talk about money, among other things.
All in the interests of developing our legal knowledge of course.
May 14, 2008