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PRIVACY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does privacy mean?

• PRIVACY (noun)
The noun PRIVACY has 2 senses:

1. the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others
2. the condition of being concealed or hidden

Familiarity information: PRIVACY used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PRIVACY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

privacy; seclusion; privateness

Hypernyms ("privacy" is a kind of...):

reclusiveness (a disposition to prefer seclusion or isolation)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The condition of being concealed or hidden

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

concealment; privateness; privacy; secrecy

Hypernyms ("privacy" is a kind of...):

isolation (a state of separation between persons or groups)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "privacy"):

covertness; hiddenness (the state of being covert and hidden)

bosom (the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept)

confidentiality (the state of being secret)

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