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The aspects of one's life that are personal, such as family, friends and other personal relationships, as opposed to the elements that make up one's public or professional life.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Holonyms: life; daily life, real life
- Meronyms: dream life, nightlife, love life, sex life
- The Russians have at least three faces: one for the political regime, one for business dealings with anybody, and the real face, which is for one's private life and family reserved. Put another way, how to seem something different to different kinds of people in the public life.
- 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/03/macaques-monkeys-indonesia-endangered-pet-trade/ The researchers are teasing out fine details of the yaki’s private life.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: personal life
Antonyms: public life, work life
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
私生活
(sīshēnghuó)
— aspect of one's life that are personal
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Danish:
privatliv
— aspect of one's life that are personal
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Dutch:
privéleven
— aspect of one's life that are personal
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Finnish:
yksityiselämä
— aspect of one's life that are personal
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French:
vie privée
— aspect of one's life that are personal
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German:
Privatleben
— aspect of one's life that are personal
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Hebrew:
חיים פרטיים
(khayím pratiyím)
— aspect of one's life that are personal
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Hungarian:
magánélet
— aspect of one's life that are personal
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Italian:
vita privata
— aspect of one's life that are personal
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Norwegian Bokmål:
privatliv
— aspect of one's life that are personal
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
privatliv
— aspect of one's life that are personal
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Old English:
sundorlīf
— aspect of one's life that are personal
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Polish:
życie prywatne
— aspect of one's life that are personal
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Polish:
życie osobiste
— aspect of one's life that are personal
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Russian:
ли́чная жизнь
(líčnaja žiznʹ)
— aspect of one's life that are personal
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Russian:
ча́стная жизнь
(částnaja žiznʹ)
— aspect of one's life that are personal
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Spanish:
vida privada
— aspect of one's life that are personal
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Swedish:
privatliv
— aspect of one's life that are personal
