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 Castro family has controlled Cuba tightly for nearly 70 years, their personal lives shrouded in secrecy.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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The line monitors administer the exam with near-total secrecy.—
Storey Wertheimer,
NBC news,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Secretiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secretiveness. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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