privateness

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noun

The quality or state of being private.

Similar
privacysecrecyconcealmentseclusion
Opposite
publicness
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Meanings

nounprivateness (usually uncountable, plural privatenesses)

plural privatenesses

  1. uncountableusuallyThe quality or state of being private.

    Their [studies'] chiefe vſe for paſtime is in priuateneſſe and retyring: […]

    1598, Fran[cis] Bacon, “Of Studies”, in Essaies. […], London: […] Iohn Windet for Humfrey Hooper […], →OCLC, folio [0], verso

    Antonyms: publicness

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe quality or state of being private.

Opposite
publicness

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe condition of being concealed or hidden

Similar
privacysecrecyconcealment
Broader
isolation

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

Similar
privacyseclusion
Broader
reclusiveness
Also see
concealmentprivacyseclusionsecrecy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From private + -ness.

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Cite this entry
APA

privateness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/privateness

MLA

“privateness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/privateness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “privateness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/privateness.

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