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privacy

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of privacy

the state of being alone or kept apart from others
  • I enjoy privacy for a time, but eventually I miss the company of others
Synonyms of privacy

aloneness, insulation, isolation, secludedness, seclusion, segregation, separateness, sequestration, solitariness, solitude
Words Related to privacy

loneliness, lonesomeness

vacuum

confinement, incarceration, internment, quarantine

retirement, withdrawal

ghettoization
Near Antonyms of privacy

camaraderie, companionship, company, comradeship, fellowship, society

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