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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.
To privilege someone or something means to treat them better or differently than other people or things rather than treat them all equally.
A privilege is a special advantage not enjoyed by everyone. If you're very snooty, you probably don't allow just anyone the privilege of being your friend.
Synonyms for PRIVILEGE: honor, concession, boon, apanage, appanage, entitlement, prerogative, right; Antonyms of PRIVILEGE: duty, responsibility, burden, obligation, disqualify, forbid, disable, invalidate
PRIVILEGE meaning: 1 : a right or benefit that is given to some people and not to others; 2 : a special opportunity to do something that makes you proud
