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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

机密性

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jīmìxìng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Confidentiality/ˌkɒn.fɪˈdɛn.ʃiˈæl.ə.ti/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"我们必须严格保证这份文件的机密性。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The state of keeping or being kept secret or private.

    "Doctor-patient confidentiality is protected by law."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'confidentia' (confidence) and 'confidens', combining 'com-' (with) and 'fidere' (to trust). Through French 'confidentialité', it entered English in the 16th century, shifting from general trust to specifically denoting the state of keeping secrets or private information secure.

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