SECRETIVENESS Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

secretiveness

noun

Definition of secretiveness

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 The report’s conclusion speculates that keeping things private, even innocuous ones, signals secretiveness. — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026 And, the school wasn’t messing around with the secretiveness of the open practice for those who either received a ticket or media members in attendance. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026 McCarthy is not the first Hollywood conservative to discuss the industry’s secretiveness over Republicanism. — Zack Sharf, Variety, 19 Dec. 2025

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secrecy

Noun

But the process was shrouded in secrecy because working with Nolan is an in-person process.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026
On the same day that Uthmeier petitioned to have the ads stopped, the Republican Party of Florida warned television station managers that the ad about Uthmeier could be violating a grand jury secrecy law.

— Justin Garcia, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026

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