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Definition of secrecy
secrecies
1 : the condition of being hidden or concealed
2 : the habit or practice of keeping secrets or maintaining privacy or concealment
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Examples of secrecy in a Sentence
this administration's steadfast adherence to secrecy is beginning to cost it the trust of the voters
Recent Examples of secrecy from the Web
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The seventh season of American Horror Story has been shrouded in secrecy.
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McConnell decided complete secrecy was the best approach to this process.
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The government also tweaked Britain’s tax-secrecy laws.
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In the secrecy-shrouded world of America’s nuclear weapons work, that decision had far-reaching consequences.
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THE FACTS: Both parties resort to secrecy in Congress at times, especially when hard-fought legislation is at stake.
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My goal with the film was not to glamorize EDs, but to serve as a conversation starter about an issue that is too often clouded by secrecy and misconceptions.
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In an act of unprecedented secrecy, a cabal of 13 men have led a cloak-and-dagger effort to retool the American health care system while keeping their deliberations hidden from not only citizens, but also from other senators.
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The mustard gas experiments were not declassified until 1975, and the military did not lift an oath of secrecy for servicemen until the 1990s.
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Origin and Etymology of secrecy
alteration of earlier secretie, from Middle English secretee, from secret secret
SECRECY Defined for English Language Learners
secrecy
playDefinition of secrecy for English Language Learners
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: the act of keeping information secret
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: the quality or state of being hidden or secret
SECRECY Defined for Kids
secrecy
playDefinition of secrecy for Students
1 : the act of keeping things secret I swore him to secrecy.
2 : the quality or state of being secret or hidden The meetings were held in secrecy.
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