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privacy

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. 1.The state of being secluded from the presence, sight, or knowledge of others.
  2. 2.Freedom from unwanted or undue disturbance of one private life.
  3. 3.Freedom from damaging publicity, public scrutiny, surveillance, and disclosure of personal information, usually by a government or a private organization.
  4. 4.A place of seclusion.
  5. 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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