private property

Noun

Meaning

movable property (as distinguished from real estate)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

personalty personal property personal estate gear chattel personal effects movables individual property personal belongings personal wealth personal assets private residence personal possessions owned property private assets

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Antonyms

public property publicity openness community property state ownership public ownership

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Hypernyms

property holding belongings

Hyponyms

stuff movable chattel clobber personal effects effects

Examples

The theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence Abolition of private property. Karl Marx

If history could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization. Ludwig von Mises

That sort of fundamentalism which treats possession of private property not as a desirable economic and personal asset but as a condition of liberty is a form of primitive religion. Neil Kinnock

In conditions of private property ... "life-activity” stands in the service of property instead of property standing the service of free life-activity. Herbert Marcuse

If a Tory does not believe that private property is one of the main bulwarks of individual freedom, then he had better become a socialist and have done with it. Margaret Thatcher

In fact, without any exaggeration, the current mechanism of money creation through credit is certainly the "cancer" that's irretrievably eroding market economies of private property. Maurice Allais

Close letter words and terms

private practice private premise private properties private property anarchism private proprietorship private providers