private life

Definitions

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.

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Examples

“Holonyms: life; daily life, real life”

“Meronyms: dream⟳ life, nightlife, love⟳ life, sex 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.”

“As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish,[…]. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome⟳ to as many votes as he can get⟳.[…]I do not suppose⟳ that it matters much in reality whether laws are made by dukes or cornerboys, but I like⟳, as far as possible, to associate with gentlemen in private life.”

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