privilege
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noun \ˈpriv-lij, ˈpri-və-\Definition of PRIVILEGE
: a right or immunity granted as a peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor : prerogative; especially : such a right or immunity attached specifically to a position or an office
See Examples of PRIVILEGE
- Good health care should be a right and not a privilege.
- We had the privilege of being invited to the party.
- I had the privilege of knowing your grandfather.
- He lived a life of wealth and privilege.
- It is evolving into an elite institution, open chiefly to the well-educated few. In short, marriage is becoming yet another form of privilege. —Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, Commonweal, 2 Dec. 2005
- The oldest of the students, she had become a confidante of Fern's and she alone was allowed to call her by her first name. It was not a privilege the others coveted. —Edward P. Jones, The Known World, 2003
- But the two were grown in the same petri dish of power, prep school and privilege. —Howard Fineman, Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2000
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Origin of PRIVILEGE
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin privilegium law for or against a private person, from privus private + leg-, lex law
First Known Use: 12th century
Related to PRIVILEGE
- Synonyms
- appanage (also apanage), boon, concession, honor
2priv·i·lege
transitive verb \ˈpriv-lij, ˈpri-və-\priv·i·legedpriv·i·leg·ing
Definition of PRIVILEGE
1
: to grant a privilege to(see 1privilege)
2
: to accord a higher value or superior position to <privilege one mode of discourse over another>
Examples of PRIVILEGE
- The new tax laws unfairly privilege the rich.
- <only professionals who meet the education and experience requirements set by law are privileged to use the title “interior designer” in Oklahoma>
Origin of PRIVILEGE
(see 1privilege)
First Known Use: 14th century
Related to PRIVILEGE
- Antonyms
- disqualify
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