privacy

privacy
n
1. privateness, intimacy, intimateness, seclusion, solitude, retreat, retirement; isolation, aloneness, loneness, solitariness, loneliness, remoteness, ob-scureness, obscurity; aloofness, apartness, separateness, separation; withdrawal, withdrawment, hermit-ry, hermitship, reclusion, unsociability, unsociableness; independence, independency, self-sufficiency.
2. secrecy, secretness, secretiveness, mysteriousness; reticence, silence, silentness, reservedness, taciturnity, uncommunicativeness; hugger-mugger, concealment, clandestineness, hiddenness, concealedness, confidentiality, confidentialness; covertness, furtiveness, sneakiness, surreptitiousness, slyness, stealthiness, underhandedness.

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  • privacy — UK US /ˈprɪvəsi/ US  /ˈpraɪvəsi/ noun [U] ► the right that someone has to keep their personal life or personal information secret or known only to a small group of people: »Among the three industries studied, concerns about privacy and security… …   Financial and business terms

  • privacy — [prī′və sē; ] Brit [ priv′əsē] n. pl. privacies [ME privace: see PRIVATE & CY] 1. the quality or condition of being private; withdrawal from company or public view; seclusion 2. secrecy [told in strict privacy] 3. one s private life or personal… …   English World dictionary

  • Privacy — steht für: englisch für Privatsphäre oder Privatheit ein Brettspiel, siehe Privacy (Spiel) Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeichneter Begriffe …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Privacy — Pri va*cy, n.; pl. {Privacies}. [See {Private}.] 1. The state of being in retirement from the company or observation of others; seclusion. [1913 Webster] 2. A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Privacy — est le second album de la chanteuse Ophélie Winter paru en 1998. Cinq chansons ont été commercialisées sous la forme de singles. Liste des titres Dans mon intimité Je t abandonne This is how i m gonna make U mine Elle pleure Je cours Je marche a… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • privacy — / privəsi/, angloamer. / praivəsi/, it. / praivasi/ s. ingl. [der. di priva(te ) privato ], usato in ital. al femm. [vita personale di un individuo, in quanto costituisce un diritto e va perciò rispettata e tutelata: difendere la propria p. ]… …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • privacy — mid 15c.; see PRIVATE (Cf. private) + CY (Cf. cy) …   Etymology dictionary

  • privacy — /ˈpraivazi, ingl. ˈprɪvəsɪ, ˈpraɪvəsɪ/ [vc. ingl., da private «privato»] s. f. inv. privatezza, vita privata, intimità, riservatezza, privato, intimo CONTR. mondanità, vita pubblica …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • privacy — In BrE, the pronunciation priv ǝ si, with a short first syllable, has largely replaced priy vǝ si, although the second is still heard and is the usual one in AmE and in other parts of the English speaking world …   Modern English usage

  • privacy — [n] solitude, secrecy aloofness, clandestineness, concealment, confidentiality, isolation, one’s space, penetralia, privateness, quiet, retirement, retreat, seclusion, separateness, separation, sequestration, solitude; concepts 388,631,714 Ant.… …   New thesaurus

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