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Reclusive

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, characterized by, or preferring privacy and isolation; secluded.

    "Kim Jong-il, who has died aged 69, was the general secretary of the Workers party of Korea, and head of the military in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). He was one of the most reclusive and widely condemned national leaders of the late 20th and early 21st century, leaving his country diplomatically isolated, economically broken and divided from South Korea."

Adjective
  1. 1
    providing privacy or seclusion wordnet
  2. 2
    withdrawn from society; seeking solitude wordnet

Etymology

From recluse + -ive.

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