## Meanings
1. A special right or advantage that only some people have.
2. A special opportunity or honour that you are lucky to have.
3. The advantages enjoyed by a wealthy or powerful group in society.
4. To treat someone or something as more important than others.

## Examples
- Members enjoy the privilege of free parking.
- It was a privilege to meet such a famous writer.
- He grew up in a world of wealth and privilege.
- The new policy privileges large companies over small ones.

## Synonyms
- claim
- liberty

## Derived Forms
- cis-privilege
- cisprivilege
- deprivilege
- disprivilege
- immunoprivilege
- privilegee
- privileger
- privilegism
- underprivilege

## Related Forms
- allege

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: privilege
- Root: prīvilēgium

## Etymology
From Middle English privilege, from Anglo-Norman privilege and Old French privilege, from Latin prīvilēgium (“ordinance or law against or in favor of an individual”), from prīvus (“private”) + lēx, lēg- (“law”).

## AI Etymology
Privilege comes from Middle English privilege, from Anglo-Norman privilege and Old French privilege, from Latin prīvilēgium (“ordinance or law against or in favor of an individual”), from prīvus (“private”) + lēx, lēg- (“law”). In present-day English it covers a special right or advantage that only some people have, a special opportunity or honour that you are lucky to have, and the advantages enjoyed by a wealthy or powerful group in society. The wider family includes derived forms such as cis-privilege, cisprivilege, deprivilege, disprivilege, immunoprivilege and related forms such as allege.

## Topics
- Social Issues & Human Rights

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