privacy ~ primacy
[different middle consonant sound]
“Privacy” (noun; for the right pronunciation, please click here)
is ‘(of something done or happened, or to happen) not in public;
(in secrecy);
the state of being away from other people; not being in the notice of other people;
alone’,
e.g.
Those two rival politicians had several discussions in privacy.
Any newly-married couple needs some privacy.
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(primacy — top position)
“Primacy” (noun; for the right pronunciation, please click here)
is ‘the position of first in rank, importance, etc.;
the position of being highly developed mammals’,
e.g.
The developing countries must give primacy to education.
As a teacher of English, I insist on the primacy of communicative activities in class-rooms.
