SECRETIVENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does secretiveness mean? 

• SECRETIVENESS (noun)
  The noun SECRETIVENESS has 2 senses:

1. characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)

2. the trait of keeping things secret

  Familiarity information: SECRETIVENESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SECRETIVENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

closeness; secretiveness

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

unsociability; unsociableness (an unsociable disposition; avoiding friendship or companionship)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "secretiveness"):

furtiveness; sneakiness; stealthiness (a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously)

Derivation:

secretive (inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The trait of keeping things secret

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

secrecy; secretiveness; silence

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

uncommunicativeness (the trait of being uncommunicative)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "secretiveness"):

mum (secrecy)

Derivation:

secretive (inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information)