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Entitlement
An entitlement is a provision made in accordance with a legal framework of a society. Typically, entitlements are based on concepts of principle (“rights”) which are themselves based in concepts of social equality or enfranchisement.
Since the term became popular in the 1970s to describe a diagnostic for narcissism, in the 1980s and onward that negative connotation has carried forward into political speech and the word no longer needs to be prefixed with terms like “unwarranted” to be seen as disparaging.
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Privilege (noun)
An exemption from certain laws granted by the Pope. from 8th c.
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Privilege (noun)
A particular benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity enjoyed by some but not others; a prerogative, preferential treatment. from 10th c.
“All first-year professors here must teach four courses a term, yet you’re only teaching one! What entitled you to such a privilege?”
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Privilege (noun)
An especially rare or fortunate opportunity; the good fortune (to do something). from 14th c.
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Privilege (noun)
The fact of being privileged; the status or existence of (now especially social or economic) benefit or advantage within a given society. from 14th c.
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Privilege (noun)
A right or immunity enjoyed by a legislative body or its members. from 16th c.
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Privilege (noun)
A stock market option. from 19th c.
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Privilege (noun)
A common law doctrine that protects certain communications from being used as evidence in court.
“”Your honor, my client is not required to answer that; her response is protected by attorney-client privilege.”
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Privilege (noun)
An ability to perform an action on the system that can be selectively denied to users; permission.
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Privilege (verb)
To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize
“to privilege representatives from arrest”
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Privilege (verb)
To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver.
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Entitlement (noun)
The right to have something, whether actual or perceived.
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Entitlement (noun)
Power, authority to do something.
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Entitlement (noun)
Something that one is entitled to.
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Entitlement (noun)
A legal obligation on a government to make payments to a person, business, or unit of government that meets the criteria set in law, such as social security in the US.
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Privilege (noun)
a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group
“education is a right, not a privilege”
“he has been accustomed all his life to wealth and privilege”
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Privilege (noun)
something regarded as a special honour
“I had the privilege of giving the Sir George Brown memorial lecture”
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Privilege (noun)
(especially in a parliamentary context) the right to say or write something without the risk of incurring punishment or legal action for defamation
“a breach of parliamentary privilege”
“he called on MPs not to abuse their privilege”
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Privilege (noun)
the right of a lawyer or official to refuse to divulge confidential information.
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Privilege (noun)
a grant to an individual, corporation, or place of special rights or immunities, especially in the form of a franchise or monopoly.
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Privilege (verb)
grant a privilege or privileges to
“English inheritance law privileged the eldest son”
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Privilege (verb)
exempt (someone) from a liability or obligation to which others are subject
“barristers are privileged from arrest going to, coming from, and abiding in court”