PRIVACY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does privacy mean? 

• PRIVACY (noun)
  The noun PRIVACY has 2 senses:

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

2. the condition of being concealed or hidden

  Familiarity information: PRIVACY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRIVACY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

privacy; privateness; seclusion

Hypernyms ("privacy" is a kind of...):

reclusiveness (a disposition to prefer seclusion or isolation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The condition of being concealed or hidden

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

concealment; privacy; privateness; secrecy

Hypernyms ("privacy" is a kind of...):

isolation (a state of separation between persons or groups)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "privacy"):

covertness; hiddenness (the state of being covert and hidden)

bosom (the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept)

confidentiality (the state of being secret)

hiding (the state of being hidden)

 Context examples 

A coded value specifying the degree of privacy applicable for the observation result.

(Defined Observation Result Confidentiality Code, NCI Thesaurus)

She turned into the drawing-room for privacy, but Henry and Eleanor had likewise retreated thither, and were at that moment deep in consultation about her.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

On social networking sites, use privacy controls and only friend people that you know.

(Internet Safety, NIH)

This golden period that will offer you privacy will last two weeks, until February 16, and be a highly productive time for you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

We have no excuse for an intrusion upon his privacy until we have some reason to think that there is a guilty reason for it.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This night journey has left me just a little effleuré, and I should like half an hour of privacy to arrange my toilet.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This is the end of all the privacy and propriety which was talked about at first.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

I kept all the keys and could go where I liked and do what I liked, so long as I did not disturb him in his privacy.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A coded value specifying the degree of privacy applicable for the entity.

(Confidentiality Code, NCI Thesaurus)

But if she DID, the letter was written and sent away with a privacy which eluded all her watchfulness to ascertain the fact.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)