reclusivenessn.
/rᵻˈkluːsᵻvnᵻs/, U.S. /rəˈklusɪvnᵻs/, /rəˈkluzɪvnᵻs/ The quality or fact of being reclusive; the disposition to prefer seclusion or isolation.
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society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > [noun] > person > condition of
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1644 J. Lightfoot Harmony Foure Evangelists: 1st Pt. iii. 42 She betooke her selfe to this retiring and reclusivenesse, partly that she might ply her devotion so much the closer.
1852 E. C. Grey Mary Seaham I. vi. 83 You would be horrified..to find us here in as stupid and uncivilized a state of reclusiveness as any of the natives.
1895 T. Watts in 19th Cent. Feb. 235 Her reclusiveness shut her in and away from many people.
1933 Mod. Psychologist Nov. 256/2 The outstanding characteristic of the pure introvert..is reclusiveness and reserve.
1988 D. Roberts Jean Stafford xv. 309 A tendency toward real reclusiveness began to emerge in her.
2003 BusinessWeek 7 Apr. 72/2 He is giving interviews again, after a long period of Garbo-like reclusiveness that followed the initial publicity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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