different between obsolescence vs privity

English

Etymology

From Latin obsolescens past participle of obsolescere.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??b.s??l?.s?ns/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??b.s??l?.s?ns/

Rhymes: -?s?ns

Noun

obsolescence (countable and uncountable, plural obsolescences)

1. (uncountable) The state of being obsolete—no longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected.
   • 2019, Jason Hickel, Climate breakdown is coming. The UK needs a Greener New Deal in the Guardian.

     One way is to legislate extended warranties on products, so washing machines and refrigerators last for 30 years instead of 10. Another is to ban planned obsolescence, so manufacturers can’t create products that are designed to fail.

2. (countable) The process of becoming obsolete, outmoded or out of date.

Synonyms

• obsoleteness (much less common)
• obsoletion

Derived terms

• planned obsolescence

Related terms

Translations

French

Noun

obsolescence f (plural obsolescences)

1. obsolescence

Synonyms

• désuétude

Hypernyms

• vieillissement

Derived terms

• obsolescence programmée

Related terms

References

• “obsolescence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Further reading

• “obsolescence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman priveté, privitee et al., Old French priveté, from privé + -té.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??v?ti/

Noun

privity (countable and uncountable, plural privities)

1. (obsolete) A divine mystery; something known only to God, or revealed only in holy scriptures. [12th–16th c.]
2. (now rare, archaic) Privacy, secrecy. [from 13th c.]
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.ix:

     Him oft and oft I askt in priuitie, / Of what loines and what lignage I did spring […].

3. (obsolete) A private matter, a secret. [14th–17th c.]
4. (archaic, in the plural) The genitals. [from 14th c.]
5. (law) A relationship between parties seen as being a result of their mutual interest or participation in a given transaction, e.g. contract, estate, etc. [from 16th c.]
6. The fact of being privy to something; knowledge, compliance. [from 16th c.]
   • 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, I.14:

     But this acknowledgement was made without the privity of his wife, whose vicious aversion he was obliged, in appearance, to adopt.

Derived terms

• horizontal privity
• vertical privity