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privishing

privishing noun: small-scale or unadvertised publication of a book, so that it is not easily available to the public. Also the present participle and gerund of privish.

Noun

privishing (uncountable)

  1. Small-scale or unadvertised publication of a book, so that it is not easily available to the public.
    • Where there is a clearly defined specialist audience, privishing may be quite sufficient to reach government's intended informees.2007, Christopher C. Hood, Helen Z. Margetts, The Tools of Government in the Digital Age, page 36

Also used as

privishing is also the present participle and gerund of privish.

Origin of privishing

Blend of private + publishing.

Questions about privishing

What does privishing mean?
Privishing means small-scale or unadvertised publication of a book, so that it is not easily available to the public.
What part of speech is privishing?
Privishing is a noun.

Words near privishing in the dictionary

  1. privily
  2. priviness
  3. privish
  4. privished
  5. privishes
  6. privishing
  7. Privitera
  8. Priviteras
  9. privities
  10. privity
  11. Privlaka

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