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▸ adjective: Relating to an individual or group of individuals outside of their official roles; often, sensitive or personal.
▸ adjective: Not publicly known or divulged; secret, confidential; (of a message) intended only for a specific person or group.
▸ adjective: Protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded; not publicly accessible.
▸ adjective: Not in governmental office or employment.
▸ adjective: Secretive; reserved.
▸ adjective: (finance) Not traded by the public.
▸ adjective: Of a room in a medical facility, not shared with another patient.
▸ adjective: (UK, of schools) Financially reliant on fees rather than government funding.
▸ adjective: (not comparable, object-oriented programming) Accessible only to the class itself or instances of it, and not to other classes or even subclasses.
▸ adjective: (philosophy) Of the mind or language, not in principle experienceable, knowable, or understandable by others.
▸ noun: A soldier of the lowest rank in the army.
▸ noun: A doctor working in privately rather than publicly funded health care.
▸ noun: (euphemistic, in the plural) The genitals.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Personal interest; particular business.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Privacy; retirement.
▸ noun: (obsolete) One not invested with a public office.
▸ noun: (usually in the plural) A private lesson.
▸ verb: (Internet, transitive) To make something hidden from the public (without deleting it permanently).
▸ noun: (military) Alternative letter-case form of private [A soldier of the lowest rank in the army.]
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confidential,
privy,
secret,
reclusive,
secluded,
individual,
clubby,
inward,
sequestered,
snobbish,
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