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PRIVILEGE definition: 1. an advantage that only one person or group of people has, usually because of their position or…. Learn more.
The meaning of PRIVILEGE is a right or immunity granted as a peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor : prerogative; especially : such a right or immunity attached specifically to a position or an office. How to use privilege in a sentence.
Privilege definition: a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed by a particular person or a restricted group of people beyond the advantages of most. See examples of PRIVILEGE used in a sentence.
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.
Definition of privilege noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
PRIVILEGE definition: 1. an advantage that only one person or group has, usually because of their position or because…. Learn more.
If you talk about privilege, you are talking about the power and advantage that only a small group of people have, usually because of their wealth or their high social class. Pironi was the son of privilege and wealth, and it showed.
Synonyms for PRIVILEGE: honor, concession, boon, apanage, appanage, entitlement, prerogative, right; Antonyms of PRIVILEGE: duty, responsibility, burden, obligation, disqualify, forbid, disable, invalidate
privilege (somewhat formal) something that you are proud and lucky to have the opportunity to do: It was a great privilege to hear her sing. treat ( informal ) a thing that someone enjoyed or is likely to enjoy very much: You've never been to this area before?
Privilege comes from Latin privilegium, meaning a law for just one person, and means a benefit enjoyed by an individual or group beyond what's available to others. Someone wealthy come from privilege.
