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COVERTNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does covertness mean? 

COVERTNESS (noun)
  The noun COVERTNESS has 1 sense:

1. the state of being covert and hiddenplay

  Familiarity information: COVERTNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COVERTNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being covert and hidden

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

covertness; hiddenness

Hypernyms ("covertness" is a kind of...):

concealment; privacy; privateness; secrecy (the condition of being concealed or hidden)

Derivation:

covert (secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed)


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