privacy
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privacy
- /ˈpɹɪv.ə.si/ UK
- /ˈpɹaɪ.və.si/ UK
- /ˈpɹɪvəsɪj/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈpɹɑjvəsɪj/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈpɹaɪ.və.si/ US
noun privacies
- The state of being secluded from the presence, sight, or knowledge of others. I need my privacy, so please stay out of my room.
- Freedom from unwanted or undue disturbance of one's private life. Those prying neighbours have robbed me of my sense of privacy.
- 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.
- A place of seclusion.
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A relationship between parties seen as being a result of their mutual interest or participation in a given transaction, contract etc.
Similar: privity
- Secrecy.
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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: […]
Similar: secret
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: privateness, seclusion, secrecy, concealment, privy, private, confidentiality, secret, confidential, closed, confidentially, clandestine, tranquillity, tranquility, anonymity, deprived
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noun state of being secluded
| Español | intimidad, privacidad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 사생활 sasaenghwal, 프라이버시 peuraibeosi |
| 日本語 | プライバシー puraibashī, プライヴァシー puraivashī |
| 中文 | 隱私 /隐私 yǐnsī |
| हिन्दी | एकांत ekānt |
| Português | intimidade, privacidade |
| Français | intimité, vie privée, confidentialité |
| Deutsch | Privatsphäre, Ungestörtheit, Zurückgezogenheit, Abgeschiedenheit |
| Italiano | privatezza, intimità, privacy |
| Ελληνικά | μυστικότητα mystikótita, ιδιωτικότητα idiotikótita |
| Română | intimitate, confidențialitate |
| Русский | уедине́ние ujedinénije, прива́тность privátnostʹ, пра́йвеси prájvɛsi, пра́йвеси prájvesi, неприкоснове́нность ча́стной жи́зни neprikosnovénnostʹ částnoj žízni, секре́тность sekrétnostʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | sự riêng tư |
| العربية | سِرِّيَّة sirriyya, خَلْوَة ḵalwa, خُصُوصِيَّة ḵuṣūṣiyya |
| עברית | פְּרָטִיּוּת pratiyút |
noun freedom from unwanted disturbance
| 한국어 | 프라이버시 peuraibeosi |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | プライバシー puraibashī, プライヴァシー puraivashī |
| Français | tranquillité, intimité |
| Deutsch | Privatsphäre, Ruhe |
| Italiano | riservatezza, privatezza, privacy |
| Русский | прива́тность privátnostʹ, пра́йвеси prájvɛsi, пра́йвеси prájvesi |
noun freedom from publicity, scrutiny, surveillance, etc.
| Deutsch | Privatsphäre, Persönlichkeitsrechte, Ungestörtsein |
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| Italiano | riservatezza, privatezza, privacy |
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title = {privacy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
