Synonyms for privacy
ˈpraɪ və si; Brit. also ˈprɪv ə sipri·va·cy

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1. privacy

   In retirement one withdraws from association he has had with others; we speak of the retirement of a public man to private life, tho he may still be much in company. In seclusion one shuts himself away from the society of all except intimate friends or attendants; in solitude no other person is present. While seclusion is ordinarily voluntary, solitude may be enforced; we speak of the solitude rather than the seclusion of a prisoner. As "private" denotes what concerns ourselves individually, privacy denotes freedom from the presence or observation of those not concerned or whom we desire not to have concerned in our affairs; privacy is more commonly temporary than seclusion; we speak of a moment's privacy. There may be loneliness without solitude, as amid an unsympathizing crowd, and solitude without loneliness, as when one is glad to be alone.

   Synonyms:
   loneliness, retirement, seclusion, solitude

   Antonyms:
   association, companionship, company, converse, fellowship, society

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1. privacy

   Synonyms:
   retirement, secrecy, solitude, seclusion, retreat, concealment

   Antonyms:
   publicity, currency, notoriety, exposure

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. privacy, privateness, seclusionnoun

   the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others

   Synonyms:
   privateness, secrecy, concealment, seclusion

2. privacy, privateness, secrecy, concealmentnoun

   the condition of being concealed or hidden

   Synonyms:
   cover, concealment, hiding, privateness, covert, concealing, screen, secretiveness, secrecy, seclusion, silence

Matched Categories

1. • Isolation
   • Reclusiveness

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. privacynoun

   Synonyms:
   secrecy, concealment

2. privacynoun

   Synonyms:
   retreat, retirement, seclusion, solitude

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1. privacynoun

   Synonyms:
   retirement, seclusion, retreat, solitude, concealment, secrecy, secret

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1. List of paraphrases for "privacy":

   confidentiality, intimacy, secrecy, confidentiality

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1. Riana Pfefferkorn:

   In total, [ end-to-end encryption ] for Twitter DMs would be a net gain for user privacy and security.

2. Shoshana Zuboff:

   Nothing here is inevitable, we have a responsibility to society as well as to the privacy of individuals. And we can do both. The answer to that question is entirely up to us.

3. Senator Richard Blumenthal:

   A public health crisis cannot be a pretense to pave over our privacy laws or legitimize tech companies' intrusive data collection about American's personal lives.

4. Mark Cohen:

   Privacy questions overhang all of these new wave technologies, my guess is people won't care unless they get hacked.

5. Clifford Villalon:

   There is no boredom or denial of faith in solitude, only privacy of priorities.