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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Cruz also pressed his Democratic colleagues to join a bipartisan request for the DOJ to turn over the evidentiary basis for the subpoenas, arguing transparency was necessary to assess whether the secrecy orders were justified.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Jan. 2026
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For years, Maryland’s sprawling nonprofit sector has operated behind a veil of secrecy that state leaders praise publicly but struggle to explain under scrutiny.—
Gary Collins,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Secretiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secretiveness. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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