Privileged

Word PRIVILEGED
Character 10
Hyphenation priv i leged
Pronunciations /ˈpɹɪv(ɪ)lɪdʒd/

Definitions and meanings of "Privileged"

What do we mean by privileged?

Enjoying a privilege or having privileges. adjective

Entailing or carrying certain privileges. adjective

Protected by a legally recognized right against disclosure. adjective

Protected by a legally recognized right against a lawsuit for libel or slander. adjective

Privileged people considered as a group. Often used with the. noun

Invested with a privilege; enjoying a peculiar right, advantage, or immunity. adjective

A communication which does not expose the party making it to indictment for libel, -- such as those made by persons communicating confidentially with a government, persons consulted confidentially as to the character of servants, etc. adjective

Those to which a preference in payment is given out of the estate of a deceased person, or out of the estate of an insolvent. adjective

Witnesses who are not obliged to testify as to certain things, as lawyers in relation to their dealings with their clients, and officers of state as to state secrets; also, by statute, clergymen and physicans are placed in the same category, so far as concerns information received by them professionally. adjective

Simple past tense and past participle of privilege. verb

Having special priveleges adjective

Blessed with privileges adjective

Not subject to usual rules or penalties adjective

Confined to an exclusive group adjective

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

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

Synonyms and Antonyms for Privileged

The word "privileged" in example sentences

I use the word "privileged" to refer to a world I feel privileged to see through the eyes of an author who translates the past and brings it to light by appreciating it as a living, breathing thing. ❋ Carol Smaldino (2011)

I do think the concept of exclusivity for the privileged is an interesting one, though. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The defense wants the prosecution sanctioned for intercepting what they called privileged phone calls with his attorney. ❋ Unknown (2003)

I use the word "privileged" not in a cheesy, insincere way or as a cliché, but to describe the lasting effect these long-term AIDS survivors have had on my life. ❋ Unknown (2011)

After months of avoiding the subject, Chancellor Merkel has chosen this moment to revive her idea of offering Turkey what she calls a privileged partnership with the EU, rather than full membership. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Both groups believe very firmly that the existence of the club of the privileged is not an issue. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Those in privileged positions very often fail to notice that fact: why do you think White Southerners in the 1960s often said they thought Blacks were “happy” with segregation? ❋ Unknown (2009)

They were somewhat in privileged positions and they understood that without access to the ballot box their lives were not in their hands, said Susan Scanlan, president of the Women's Research and Education Institute in Washington. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The "tone" accusation is a tried and true method those in privileged positions use to dismiss the opinions of the "Other." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Virginia, struggled to maintain privileged position with respect to the crown, not much was accomplished, although the loose general strategy was worked out. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The “tone” accusation is a tried and true method those in privileged positions use to dismiss the opinions of the “Other.” ❋ Unknown (2009)

This negativity arises from people in privileged positions and who wish to maintain those privileges, irrespective of the cost to others – and this has to change. ❋ Unknown (2008)

They didn't grow up in privileged homes and they have not yet been to college. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Along with underscoring how much of men's leisure is subsidized by women's labor, this also sets distance between these women and other Filipinas based on class, since it's only a certain privileged class that has access to expectations of acquiring maids in the Philippines, as opposed to the class which provides maid labor along with sex workers. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Hate-crime laws set up certain privileged categories of people, defined by the groups to which they belong, and offers them unequal protection under the law. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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