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privileged

UK/ˈpɹɪv(ɪ)lɪd͡ʒd/US/ˈpɹɪv(ɪ)lɪd͡ʒd/
adjectiveC1Common in everyday speech and writing · #4,535 of 15,258neutral

Privileged means enjoying advantages that most people do not have. A privileged background, privileged access, feel privileged.

In law it has a precise technical sense: privileged communication is protected from disclosure, which is what legal professional privilege means. In ordinary use it is a statement about unearned advantage, and it is heard as a criticism more often than it is meant as one.

Definitions of privileged

  1. 1adjectiveprivilegedEnjoying advantages that most people do not have.C1

    “She grew up in a privileged family with a big house and a private school.”

privileged is a state.

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privileged in the wild

  • However, in immune privileged sites, tissue grafts can survive for extended periods of time without rejection occurring.

    Immune privilege

  • Individuals can be privileged in one area, such as education, and not privileged in another area, such as health.

    Social privilege

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

  • underprivileged