public life

English edit

public life (uncountable)

The aspects of social life which occur in public, in the open, as opposed to more private social interaction within families, private clubs, etc.
- 1927, John C. Ferguson, Chinese Painting‎^[1], 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.
Politics, as in the profession of being a politician or political activism in general.

aspects of social life which occur in public

politics — see politics