Meanings
nounsecretiveness (uncountable)
- uncountableThe state or characteristic of being secretive.
For a moment he was torn between the secretiveness bred of his position and a human desire to expound his shrewdness.
1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
nouncharacterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)
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Translations
Catalan secretisme
- secretismeThe state or characteristic of being secretive
French secrétisme
- secrétismeThe state or characteristic of being secretive
German Geheimniskrämerei, Geheimnistuerei
- GeheimniskrämereiThe state or characteristic of being secretive
- GeheimnistuereiThe state or characteristic of being secretive
Portuguese secretismo
- secretismoThe state or characteristic of being secretive
Spanish secretismo, secretividad
- secretismoThe state or characteristic of being secretive
- secretividadThe state or characteristic of being secretive
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