privacies
- 1Plural of privacy. Rare; used mainly for small private matters or moments.
She missed the small privacies of her own apartment, like reading in the bath.
Life in the crowded barracks left the recruits few privacies.
Note
A plural that everyday English rarely needs, because the living senses of privacy are uncountable: seclusion, freedom from disturbance, protection from scrutiny. Only obsolete senses, such as a place of seclusion or a relationship between parties to a contract, were countable on their own. Today the plural sorts privacy into kinds, like privacies of the home or of personal data. Use it when distinct types are meant. Otherwise privacy stays singular.
privacies is a form of privacy
privacy, noun: The state of being secluded from the sight, presence, or knowledge of other people. Full entry
- Forms
- privacyprivacies plural
- Spelling
- privacy → privacies: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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