[function_seven]

What do you use instead?

[coagmano]

It's context dependent, but I do like the difficulty setting analogy. Like the pact of punishment in Hades, except you don't get extra rewards.

In one abstract example there'll be a discussion of why x group are so sensitve about y. Instead of saying "check your privilege" I say something like "maybe their tired of having to worry about z? When was the last time you had to think about z on a day to day basis?", asking genuinely and waiting for response, not just asked rhetorically.

[function_seven]

Oh, I see. I was thinking you had a different word. But you’re not using another word, but rather getting into analogy or explanation.

I like it. “Privilege” means different things to the speaker and to the listener, so skip the label and delve into the thing that you mean instead.

[ehutch79]

Advantage has worked for me. I mean someone saying that to me instead of privilege.

Privilege just invokes the idea of 'fat cats' in a dark hunting lodge smoking stogies and sipping whiskey, complaining about commoners.