as in secretiveness
the practice or habit of keeping secrets or keeping one's affairs secret
this administration's steadfast adherence to secrecy is beginning to cost it the trust of the voters
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Recent Examples of secrecy
The secrecy surrounding her new location alarms her son, Kim Aris.
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Lorcan Lovett, NPR, 30 Apr. 2026
Seasoned observers of Russia’s space program might question if the drone attacks are a ruse to add another layer of secrecy over Russia’s launch activity at Plesetsk.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2026
Rather, what derailed the process was a secrecy order imposed by Cook County Judge Barbara Dawkins in the criminal case of Adrian Rucker, one of the two men charged with felonies in connection with the sequence of events that led to Rivera’s death.
—Jamie Kalven, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Writing just before estrangement hit the zeitgeist, Brown tackles head-on the stigma and secrecy that have long surrounded the topic.
—Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
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Lorcan Lovett, NPR, 30 Apr. 2026
Seasoned observers of Russia’s space program might question if the drone attacks are a ruse to add another layer of secrecy over Russia’s launch activity at Plesetsk.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2026
Rather, what derailed the process was a secrecy order imposed by Cook County Judge Barbara Dawkins in the criminal case of Adrian Rucker, one of the two men charged with felonies in connection with the sequence of events that led to Rivera’s death.
—Jamie Kalven, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Writing just before estrangement hit the zeitgeist, Brown tackles head-on the stigma and secrecy that have long surrounded the topic.
—Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for secrecy
secretiveness
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McCarthy is not the first Hollywood conservative to discuss the industry’s secretiveness over Republicanism.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
19 Dec. 2025
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“Secrecy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secrecy. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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