public life noun2 •The aspects of social life which occur in public, in the open, as opposed to more private social interaction within families, private clubs, etc.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. — 1927 •Politics, as in the profession of being a politician or political activism in general.
