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reprivatize

verb

Etymology

From re- + privatize.

  1. derived from *per✻
  2. derived from prīvātus
  3. inherited from privat — “individual, exclusive, private”
  4. suffixed as privatize — “private + ize”
  5. prefixed as reprivatize — “re + privatize”

Definitions

  1. To make something private again.

    • At a time when our communities are being increasingly attacked, when sexuality is being forcefully "reprivatized" (or at least hidden from view) […]

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