Meanings
nounprivishing (uncountable)
- uncountableSmall-scale or unadvertised publication of a book, so that it is not easily available to the public.
Where there is a clearly defined specialist audience, privishing may be quite sufficient to reach government's intended informees.
2007, Christopher C. Hood, Helen Z. Margetts, The Tools of Government in the Digital Age, page 36
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of privish
Origin
Blend of private + publishing.
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APA
privishing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/privishing
MLA
“privishing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/privishing. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “privishing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/privishing.
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