public life

English

Noun

public life (uncountable)

1. The aspects of social life which occur in public, in the open, as opposed to more private social interaction within families, private clubs, etc.

   Antonyms: personal life, private life; dream life, nightlife, love life, sex life

   Holonyms: life; daily life, real life

   Meronym: work life

   • 1927, John C. Ferguson, Chinese Painting‎, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, →OCLC, page 148:

     He was a native of Hua-t’ing, Kiangsu Province, and was director of education at K’un-shan, but retired on account of his dislike of public life.

2. Politics, as in the profession of being a politician or political activism in general.

Translations

aspects of social life which occur in public

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Dutch: openbaar leven n Finnish: julkinen elämä French: vie publique (fr) f Hungarian: közélet (hu) Romanian: viața publică (ro) f Russian: обще́ственная жизнь f (obščéstvennaja žiznʹ) Spanish: vida pública f Swedish: det offentliga livet

politics — see politics