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privilege
noun as in right, due
Strongest matches
advantage, allowance, authority, authorization, benefit, concession, due, entitlement, exemption, freedom, immunity, license, opportunity, prerogative, right
Strong matches
appanage, appurtenance, birthright, boon, chance, charter, claim, event, favor, franchise, grant, liberty, perquisite, sanction
Example Sentences
“In this woman’s America, every worker would have to have a boss and pay the union for the privilege of working,” conservative activist Grover Norquist told the right-wing tabloid.
And not everyone has the privilege of staying indoors.
Who are these privileged, specially endowed individuals whose expertise and experience equip them to speak with authority, to those both in and out of power?
Far from privileging people of color, DEI initiatives and policies like affirmative action have barely pried open a crack in the doors of opportunity.
"All the while, you are paying out lots of money for the privilege."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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