right of privacy
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5.8
- noun
- /raɪt əv ˈpraɪvəsi/
- Formal
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derecho a la privacidad
- Fortunately, the right of privacy is included in the constitution of nearly every country in the world.
So we've convinced everyone here, right, which gets into the right of privacy.
- So we've convinced everyone here, right, which gets into the right of privacy.
Examples
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Standard I.2.7. School psychologists respect the right of privacy of students, their parents and other family members, and colleagues with regard to sensitive health information (e.g., presence of a communicable disease).
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As with the right to decide one's own pregnancy, a right of privacy extends to one's family relationships.
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Those actions don't fit within the right of privacy.
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According to our lawyers, your client is a public figure and as such, uh, has already forfeited certain rights of privacy.
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They found that the statute did not violate the right of privacy.
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If I recall correctly, the basis of Roe was the right of privacy inherent in the 14th amendment and the due process clause.
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The Court stated, as it should have in Griswold: "If the right of privacy means anything, it is the right of the individual, married or single, to be free from unwarranted governmental intrusion into matters so fundamentally affecting a person as the decision whether to bear or beget a child."
Academic text (2017) -
The right of privacy protects individuals from unwanted surveillance and intrusion into their personal lives.
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In many countries, the right of privacy ensures that citizens can communicate without fear of eavesdropping.
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The celebrity filed a lawsuit, claiming that the magazine violated her right of privacy by publishing private photos.
Synonyms
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3.7
Freedom from being seen or watched by other people
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4.6
Freedom from other people entering your personal life without permission
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'right' (a legal entitlement) combined with 'privacy' (freedom from intrusion) clearly yields the legal entitlement to privacy. The preposition 'of' merely links the two nouns and similar constructions exist across many languages (e.g. Spanish 'derecho a la privacidad'), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should understand it.
Etymology
The noun right of privacy comes from the image of a person with a private room or a small fence around their life that keeps others out. The word right means a legal claim and privacy means that private space, so the phrase means 'to be left alone' and 'not to be watched' and is protected by law.