as in secretiveness
the practice or habit of keeping secrets or keeping one's affairs secret
this administration's steadfast adherence to secrecy is beginning to cost it the trust of the voters
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Recent Examples of secrecy
The Castro family has controlled Cuba tightly for nearly 70 years, their personal lives shrouded in secrecy.
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New York Times, 21 Mar. 2026
The line monitors administer the exam with near-total secrecy.
—Storey Wertheimer, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
Prosecutors had redacted some documents, withheld the cellphone records of a key prosecution witness and redacted texts among the players, arguing that such omissions were necessary to protect the secrecy of other investigations.
—Nicole Winfield The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 18 Mar. 2026
Prosecutors had redacted some documents, withheld the cellphone records of a key prosecution witness and redacted texts among the players, arguing that such omissions were necessary to protect the secrecy of other investigations.
—ABC News, 17 Mar. 2026
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New York Times, 21 Mar. 2026
The line monitors administer the exam with near-total secrecy.
—Storey Wertheimer, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
Prosecutors had redacted some documents, withheld the cellphone records of a key prosecution witness and redacted texts among the players, arguing that such omissions were necessary to protect the secrecy of other investigations.
—Nicole Winfield The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 18 Mar. 2026
Prosecutors had redacted some documents, withheld the cellphone records of a key prosecution witness and redacted texts among the players, arguing that such omissions were necessary to protect the secrecy of other investigations.
—ABC News, 17 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for secrecy
secretiveness
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McCarthy is not the first Hollywood conservative to discuss the industry’s secretiveness over Republicanism.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
19 Dec. 2025
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“Secrecy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secrecy. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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