as in secrecy
the practice or habit of keeping secrets or keeping one's affairs secret
his secretiveness about his past always made some people suspicious of what he might be hiding
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Recent Examples of secretiveness
McCarthy is not the first Hollywood conservative to discuss the industry’s secretiveness over Republicanism.
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Zack Sharf, Variety, 19 Dec. 2025
Zack Sharf, Variety, 19 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for secretiveness
secrecy
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The April 26, 1986 disaster shone a spotlight on lax safety standards and government secrecy in what was then the Soviet Union.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Apr. 2026
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By the end of that show, the anxiety and isolation that freight life in the closet had burned away, leaving a happy, hopeful ending in place of familiar narrative disaster; love is found, secrecy is banished, and all is well.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Secretiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secretiveness. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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