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The correct spelling is privacy.
How to pronounce privacy
noun
IPA: /ˈpɹaɪv.ə.sɪ/
Say it like: Pri-vas-ee
The correct spelling is privacy. The state of being secluded from the presence, sight, or knowledge of others. For example: "I need my privacy, so please stay out of my room."
Usage Examples
“I need my privacy, so please stay out of my room.”
“It takes a village to rob one of a sense of privacy.”
“Privacy is assumed by many to be among common-law rights.”
Definition
noun
- 1.The state of being secluded from the presence, sight, or knowledge of others.
- 2.Freedom from unwanted or undue disturbance of one private life.
- 3.Freedom from damaging publicity, public scrutiny, surveillance, and disclosure of personal information, usually by a government or a private organization.
- 4.A place of seclusion.
- 5.A relationship between parties seen as being a result of their mutual interest or participation in a given transaction, contract etc.; Privity.
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