Synonyms of privileging

privileging

verb

present participle of privilege

as in authorizing

to give a right to

only professionals who meet the education and experience requirements set by law are privileged to use the title "interior designer" in Oklahoma

Synonyms & Similar Words

• authorizing
• entitling
• qualifying
• enabling
• empowering
• permitting
• allowing
• approving
• endorsing
• licensing
• enfranchising
• letting
• legitimizing
• sanctioning
• ratifying
• certificating
• validating
• certifying
• accrediting
• warranting
• chartering
• recertifying
• revalidating
• reaccrediting
• reapproving
• rechartering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disqualifying
• disabling
• forbidding
• proscribing
• disallowing
• disenfranchising
• disempowering
• invalidating
• nullifying
• decertifying
• delegitimizing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of privileging

But the death of Khamenei eliminated the regime’s paramount figure, disturbing the existing balance, and the war is systematically privileging the parts of the state responsible for survival over everything else. — Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2026

This was right in the peak of Elon Musk’s reconstruction of Twitter, privileging rage bait and engagement tactics that helped misinformation disseminate like fact. — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026

Aparicio resists drawing conclusions, privileging an experiential approach with its own rhythms, ambitious in scope yet intimate in focus, that could well become an arthouse sleeper. — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026

But there is no way to prize the first without privileging the second, too. — Literary Hub, 18 June 2026

Rather than privileging official statements on events, tabloids tend to privilege comments from ordinary people. — Shepherd Mpofu, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026

The plainspoken lyrics align with a broader embrace of sincerity, privileging emotional directness over irony. — Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 14 Apr. 2026

The concentration of engagement around emotionally salient events, followed by rapid decline, is consistent with platforms privileging high-intensity content while limiting the durability of evidence and deliberation, especially in contexts marked by repression and uneven digital access. — Arnaud Kurze, The Conversation, 9 Mar. 2026

The history of how bus companies diverted ridership from streetcars has left its mark on our cities by privileging buses and cars over far more efficient ways to move people at scale. — Jonathan Cohn, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2026