privateness
- noun
- /ˈpraɪvɪtnəs/
:
privacidad
- In a world where social media thrives, maintaining privateness can be quite challenging.
Examples
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The four factors of the 16PF questionnaire that were utilized in this study included: rule-consciousness, privateness, perfectionism, and tension.
Academic text (2014) -
They were breaching secrets and distances that were ingrained in "privateness" and maintained through the family, a key institution that contributes to the generation of intimacy (Soysal 1999).
Academic text (2010) -
Many people value their privateness and prefer to keep their lives out of the public eye.
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The privateness of her garden provided a calm escape from the busy street.
Synonyms
756
3.7
Freedom from being seen or watched by other people
172
3.7
A state of being alone and cut off from other people physically or emotionally
165
4.4
Keeping information hidden from other people
96
5.4
Keeping information private so only some people can see it
22
6.5
A state of being private and away from other people
8
5.0
Keeping something hidden or secret
1
6.5
The habit of not telling people things or hiding information from them
1
7.8
A state in which something is out of sight and hard to notice or understand
1
7.3
Quiet and secret actions to avoid being noticed
A private situation where only the involved people know the details
Being secret so other people do not know about it
The state of being secret to avoid being noticed
Habit of doing things in a hidden way
Trying to avoid being seen or noticed
Antonyms
How Private
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word privateness comes from the familiar word private plus the ending -ness, and private once meant 'set apart' or 'away from others'. So, privateness simply means the state of being 'apart' and hidden from other people.