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Noun: secretiveness  see-kru-tiv-nus
  1. Characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)
    - closeness
     
  2. The trait of keeping things secret
    - secrecy, silence

Derived forms: secretivenesses

See also: secretive

Type of: uncommunicativeness, unsociability, unsociableness

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