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Recent Examples of reclusion
Discretion had devolved into reclusion, privacy into withdrawal.
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Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Over the next decade, D’Angelo would retreat into reclusion and heavy drinking and drug use.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 14 Oct. 2025
His reclusion became the basis for podcasts, tabloid reports, social media chatter.
—Jason Sheeler, Peoplemag, 29 July 2024
In contrast to his bold designs, he was known for his ascetic lifestyle of few possessions and periods of reclusion in France, where he was taken a boy with his mother in the late 1930s after his father was killed in the Spanish Civil War for opposing the right-wing forces of Gen. Francisco Franco.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2023
Home reclusion has definitely made notable shifts in consumers' dressing habits.
—Yanie Durocher, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
Caine’s miserable and sharp-witted author just wants to live out his days in peace with a bottle of scotch, a cigar and his orange tabby cat, but Plaza’s hopeful editor pulls him out of his reclusion.
—Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Nov. 2019
With the war long over, Homer carried it with him still, to deeper and deeper reclusion.
—BostonGlobe.com, 4 Oct. 2019
Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Over the next decade, D’Angelo would retreat into reclusion and heavy drinking and drug use.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 14 Oct. 2025
His reclusion became the basis for podcasts, tabloid reports, social media chatter.
—Jason Sheeler, Peoplemag, 29 July 2024
In contrast to his bold designs, he was known for his ascetic lifestyle of few possessions and periods of reclusion in France, where he was taken a boy with his mother in the late 1930s after his father was killed in the Spanish Civil War for opposing the right-wing forces of Gen. Francisco Franco.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2023
Home reclusion has definitely made notable shifts in consumers' dressing habits.
—Yanie Durocher, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
Caine’s miserable and sharp-witted author just wants to live out his days in peace with a bottle of scotch, a cigar and his orange tabby cat, but Plaza’s hopeful editor pulls him out of his reclusion.
—Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Nov. 2019
With the war long over, Homer carried it with him still, to deeper and deeper reclusion.
—BostonGlobe.com, 4 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reclusion
introversion
Noun
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Scientists have seen roughly that level of lifespan heritability with other species, as well as with other human traits, such as psychological factors like introversion.—
Andrew Joseph,
STAT,
29 Jan. 2026
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This style—often associated with introversion and reflective leadership—is gaining recognition as a powerful approach in modern organizations where psychological safety matters most.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Reclusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reclusion. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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