Reclusiveness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state or characteristic of being reclusive. uncountable

    "But of Lee you hear hardly anything at all; she is nearly as famous for her reclusiveness (now there’s an oxymoron) as J. D. Salinger."

  2. 2
    a disposition to prefer seclusion or isolation wordnet

Synonyms

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isolationisolationpublicitypublicity-shyness

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"But of Lee you hear hardly anything at all; she is nearly as famous for her reclusiveness (now there’s an oxymoron) as J. D. Salinger."

Etymology

From reclusive + -ness.

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