privacy
/ˈpɹaɪ.və.si/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.36 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Freedom from damaging publicity, public scrutiny, surveillance, and disclosure of personal information, usually by a government or a private organization.
Uncountable
noun
A relationship between parties seen as being a result of their mutual interest or participation in a given transaction, contract etc.
Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "I need my privacy, so please stay out of my room."
- "Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,[…]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either."
- "It is realised that the old Pullman standard sleeper, with its convertible "sections", each containing upper and lower berths, and with no greater privacy at night than the curtains drawn along both sides of a middle aisle, has had its day."
- "Those prying neighbours have robbed me of my sense of privacy."
- "Privacy is assumed by many to be among common-law rights."
- "Trixie Channing: Good God. Is there no privacy? DCI Tom Barnaby: No, not in a murder case."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɹaɪ.və.si/
- British English: /ˈpɹɪv.ə.si/