secretivenessn.

/ˈsiːkrətᵻvnəs/

/sᵻˈkriːtᵻvnəs/

Etymology: Formed after French secrétivité (Phrenology; Gall, 1808), < secret secret adj. and n.; see -ive suffix and -ness suffix. Now apprehended as < secretive adj.

The quality of being secretive; disposition to secrecy. Originally used in Phrenology as the name of a ‘propensity’ having a special ‘bump’ allotted to it.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [noun] > disposition to secrecy, secretiveness

secrecy1423

secretnessa1475

privacy1624

uncommunicativeness1751

snugness1778

secretiveness1815

cageyness1950

1815 J. G. Spurzheim Physiognom. Syst. (ed. 2) 329 Organ of the propensity to conceal, or Secretiveness.

1878 P. Bayne Chief Actors Puritan Revol. vii. 265 He had no secretiveness in his nature, and could do nothing by halves.

1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 161 There is a strange sense of secretiveness about all these West African forests.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	secretiveness
释义	secretivenessn. /ˈsiːkrətᵻvnəs//sᵻˈkriːtᵻvnəs/ Etymology: Formed after French secrétivité (Phrenology; Gall, 1808), < secret secret adj. and n.; see -ive suffix and -ness suffix. Now apprehended as < secretive adj. The quality of being secretive; disposition to secrecy. Originally used in Phrenology as the name of a ‘propensity’ having a special ‘bump’ allotted to it. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [noun] > disposition to secrecy, secretiveness secrecy1423 secretnessa1475 privacy1624 uncommunicativeness1751 snugness1778 secretiveness1815 cageyness1950 1815 J. G. Spurzheim Physiognom. Syst. (ed. 2) 329 Organ of the propensity to conceal, or Secretiveness. 1878 P. Bayne Chief Actors Puritan Revol. vii. 265 He had no secretiveness in his nature, and could do nothing by halves. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 161 There is a strange sense of secretiveness about all these West African forests. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1815
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