special privilege

collocation in English

meaningsofspecialandprivilege

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special
adjective
uk
/ˈspeʃ.əl/
us
/ˈspeʃ.əl/
not ordinary ...
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privilege
noun
uk
/ˈprɪv.əl.ɪdʒ/
us
/ˈprɪv.əl.ɪdʒ/
an advantage that only one person or group of people has, usually because of their position or because they ...
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(Definition ofspecialandprivilegefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofspecial privilege

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Together, these findings suggest that some educated urban elites regard democratic participation as more of aspecialprivilegethan a universal right.
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Silently, they repudiated humanity's lingering claims tospecialprivilegeinside a universe no longer ordered by theology.
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It is imperative this claim forspecialprivilegeshould stop.
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Everyone on stage is given thespecialprivilegeof hearing as real music a passage previously confined to another dimension of human/operatic experience.
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I do not think that they would ask forspecialprivilege.
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We are not asking for aspecialprivilegefor the agricultural labourer.
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I am very unwilling to claim anyspecialprivilege.
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It is aspecialprivilegereally founded on justice.
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Does it not tend to bring the regulations into disrepute when spectators of one particular sport are allowed aspecialprivilegeof this kind?
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I believe that to have a kind of general licence to givespecialprivilegeto this type of statement would be rather wider than justified.
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The case for tradition andspecialprivilegehas been swept away.
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But why should one class of citizen be allowed thisspecialprivilege?
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So why does he have aspecialprivilegebut not the debentureholder?
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I cannot remember any occasion when we enjoyed anyspecialprivilege.
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They have no wish that anyspecialprivilegeor degree of exemption should attach to the families of farmers.
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They have that special duty, thatspecialprivilege, assigned to them.
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I was not claiming that newspapers should enjoy aspecialprivilegeenjoyed by no one else.
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Let us give aspecialprivilegeto these few.
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Surely nay noble friend does not want to give aspecialprivilegeto firms of solicitors that is not possessed by other people.
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They enjoy aspecialprivilegeof a right of appeal in any case which three-quarters of the insured workers do not enjoy.
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