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privilege

noun
/ˈpɹɪv.(ɪ.)lɪd͡ʒ/UK/ˈpɹɪv.ɪ.lɪd͡ʒ/CA/ˈpɹɪv.ə.lɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

From Middle English privilege, from Anglo-Norman privilege and Old French privilege, from Latin prīvilēgium (“ordinance or law against or in favor of an individual”), from prīvus (“private”) + lēx, lēg- (“law”).

  1. derived from prīvilēgium
  2. derived from privilege
  3. derived from privilege
  4. inherited from privilege

Definitions

  1. An exemption from certain laws granted by the Pope.

  2. A particular benefit, advantage, or favor

    A particular benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity enjoyed by some but not others; a prerogative, preferential treatment.

    • All first-year professors here must teach four courses a term, yet you're only teaching one! What entitled you to such a privilege?
    • Special privileges should be reserved for family and village life, while steps should be taken to prevent families and family ownings from being broken up by inheritance.

  3. An especially rare or fortunate opportunity

    An especially rare or fortunate opportunity; the good fortune (to do something).

    • I had the privilege to sit near him in the House for a small part of his Commons service and there was an additional device provided to aid his participation in debates.
  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. The fact of being privileged

      The fact of being privileged; the status or existence of (now especially social or economic) benefit or advantage within a given society.

      • People who at any other time would cling like glue to their miserable scraps of privilege, will surrender them fast enough when their country is in danger.
      • There is no complexity expressed in the feverish discussions of white privilege that periodically grips South Africa's chattering class.
      • South Africa's 'miracle transition' has not put an end to white privilege.

    2. A right or immunity enjoyed by a legislative body or its members.

      • Dr Grigori Loutchansky is – according to a congressman speaking under congressional privilege – a "purported Russian mob figure".

    3. A stock market option.

    4. A common law doctrine that protects certain communications from being used as evidence in…

      A common law doctrine that protects certain communications from being used as evidence in court.

      • Your honor, my client is not required to answer that; her response is protected by attorney-client privilege.

    5. An ability to perform an action on the system that can be selectively granted or denied…

      An ability to perform an action on the system that can be selectively granted or denied to users.

    6. To grant some particular right or exemption to

      To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize

      • to privilege representatives from arrest

    7. To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger

      To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver.

    8. To prioritize.

      • “Rolling Stone” is spacious and ethereal but not directionless — it is R&B that privileges mood over structure, soft daubs of feeling over authoritative belting.

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Derived

absolute privilege, attorney-client privilege, check your privilege, cis privilege, cisprivilege, cis-privilege, deprivilege, disprivilege, executive privilege, exorbitant privilege, green privilege, immune privilege, immunoprivilege, jester's privilege, legal professional privilege, opinion privilege, passport privilege, Pauline privilege, point of privilege, pretty privilege, privilege day, privilegee, privilege escalation, privileger, privilege walk, privilegism, question of privilege, shopkeeper's privilege, solicitor-client privilege, son of privilege, underprivilege, viatorial privilege, white privilege, white skin privilege, with privilege, writ of privilege

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at privilege. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01privilege02pope03title04identifies05identify06establish07adopt08select09privileged10privileges

A definitional loop anchored at privilege. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at privilege

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA