non-public
adjective
(alsononpublic)uk/ˌnɒnˈpʌb.lɪk/us/ˌnɑːnˈpʌb.lɪk/non-publicadjective(PEOPLE)
limitedto aparticularpersonorgroupofpeopleratherthan beingavailableto everyone:
We have putstrongmeasuresinplacetosafeguardyournonpublicinformation.
We shallstorethisinformationin a non-publicarea.
- Thechimpanzeelivesin a non-publicpartof thezoo.
- Thevirushadinfectedthe company's non-publiccorporatenetwork.
- Thecommissionhadstarteda non-publicinvestigationinto theaffair.
Limiting and restricting
- anti-libertarian
- boundary
- boxsomeone/somethingin
- chain
- chainsomeonetosomething
- cramp
- crowd
- curb
- curtail
- curtailment
- damage limitation
- hamstring
- keep (herself) toherselfidiom
- limit
- limitation
- limiting
- localize
- straitjacket
- tempered
- tiesomeonedown
non-publicadjective(GOVERNMENT)
notprovidedby thegovernmentfromtaxesto beavailableto everyone:
Theirchildrenareenrolledin a nonpublicschool.
Therulesdo notapplyto non-publicbuildingprojects.
- It was hard toregulatethe non-publicsectorof theeconomy.
Politics - general words
- anti-capitalism
- anti-capitalist
- anti-communism
- anti-communist
- anti-fascism
- lab
- laissez-faire
- left
- left of centre
- leftist
- parliament
- party politics
- personality cult
- pinko
- plank
- super-conservative
- Thatcherism
- the Third Way
- Tory
- Toryism
Opposite
public
Synonym
private