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adjective. belonging to a class that enjoys special privileges; favored: the privileged few. entitled to or exercising a privilege. restricted to a select group or individual: privileged information; a privileged position. Law. (of utterances or communications)
excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority. adjective. not subject to usual rules or penalties. “a privileged statement”. synonyms: exempt. (of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject. Pronunciation. US.
Add to word list. having special rights or advantages that only a small number of people have: Shareholders may have privileged access to important information. Those joining the privileged few at the top of the firm have been responsible for some of the company's greatest successes.
the principle or condition of enjoying special rights or immunities. Synonyms: liberty, freedom, license. any of the rights common to all citizens under a modern constitutional government: We enjoy the privileges of a free people. an advantage or source of pleasure granted to a person: It's my privilege to be here.
privileged. adjective. /ˈprɪvəlɪdʒd/. /ˈprɪvəlɪdʒd/. (sometimes disapproving) having special rights or advantages that most people do not have. Those in authority were in a privileged position. She comes from a privileged background. In those days, only a privileged few had the vote.
to give an advantage to one person or group of people and not to others: Since colonization, the country has a history of privileging people who have white skin. Family endowments were nearly all male-centric, privileging men and their descendants over female lines of descent.
privileged. ( ˈprɪvɪlɪdʒd) adj. 1. enjoying or granted as a privilege or privileges. 2. (Law) law. a. not actionable as a libel or slander. b. (of a communication, document, etc) that a witness cannot be compelled to divulge. 3. (Nautical Terms) nautical (of a vessel) having the right of way.
