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RECLUSIVENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disposition to prefer seclusion or isolation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("reclusiveness" is a kind of...):
aloneness; loneliness; lonesomeness; solitariness (a disposition toward being alone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reclusiveness"):
privacy; privateness; seclusion (the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others)
Derivation:
reclusive (providing privacy or seclusion)
reclusive (withdrawn from society; seeking solitude)
