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RECLUSIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does reclusive mean?
• RECLUSIVE (adjective)
The adjective RECLUSIVE has 2 senses:
1. withdrawn from society; seeking solitude
2. providing privacy or seclusion
Familiarity information: RECLUSIVE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Withdrawn from society; seeking solitude
Synonyms:
Context example:
lived an unsocial reclusive life
Similar:
unsocial (not seeking or given to association; being or living without companions)
Derivation:
reclusiveness (a disposition to prefer seclusion or isolation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Providing privacy or seclusion
Synonyms:
cloistered; reclusive; secluded; sequestered
Context example:
a secluded romantic spot
Similar:
private (confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy)
Derivation:
reclusiveness (a disposition to prefer seclusion or isolation)
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