Usually means: Language only understandable by one.
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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. private language: Collins English Dictionary
  2. private language: Wiktionary
  3. Private language: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. private language: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  5. private language: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. private language: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. private language: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. private language: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Definitions from Wiktionary (private language)

noun:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see private, language.
noun:  (philosophy) A language which expresses one's inner thoughts, feelings, or experiences but which cannot be used for communication, since it is known to and understandable by only one person—the existence of which was famously argued by Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) to be impossible.

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