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secretiveness en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English secretive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English secretiveness From secretive + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The 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:

Deriveds

organ of secretiveness

Relateds

wall of silence · conspiracy of silence

Translations (8)

es secretismo (The state or characteristic of being secretive) · fr secrétisme (The state or characteristic of being secretive) · gl secretismo (The state or characteristic of being secretive) · de Geheimniskrämerei (The state or characteristic of being secretive) · pt secretismo (The state or characteristic of being secretive) · es secretividad (The state or characteristic of being secretive) · ca secretisme (The state or characteristic of being secretive) · de Geheimnistuerei (The state or characteristic of being secretive)