PRIVATENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does privateness mean? 

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

1. the condition of being concealed or hidden

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

  Familiarity information: PRIVATENESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRIVATENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The condition of being concealed or hidden

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

concealment; privacy; privateness; secrecy

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

isolation (a state of separation between persons or groups)

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

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)

Derivation:

private (not expressed)

private (concerning things deeply private and personal)

Sense 2

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 ("privateness" is a kind of...):

reclusiveness (a disposition to prefer seclusion or isolation)

Derivation:

private (concerning things deeply private and personal)

private (confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy)