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Definition of Reclusiveness
1. Noun. A disposition to prefer seclusion or isolation.
Specialized synonyms: Privacy, Privateness, Seclusion
Derivative terms: Reclusive, Reclusive
Definition of Reclusiveness
1. Noun. The state or characteristic of being reclusive. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reclusiveness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reclusiveness
Literary usage of Reclusiveness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Union--disunion--reunion: : Three Decades of Federal Legislation 1855 to by Samuel Sullivan Cox (1885)
"Reverdy Johnson's elocution, albeit trained in the solemn hush and reclusiveness
of the Supreme Court, was loud, orotund, and defiant. ..."
2. Union--disunion--reunion: Three Decades of Federal Legislation. 1855 to 1885 by Samuel Sullivan Cox (1886)
"Reverdy Johnson's elocution, albeit trained in the solemn hush and reclusiveness
of the Supreme Court, was loud, orotund, and defiant. ..."
3. Assessment and Treatment of Patients With Coexisting Mental Illness and by Richard Ries (1996)
"Depression may manifest as social withdrawal, reclusiveness, or inability to
complete activities of daily living such as going to work. ..."
4. The Holland House Circle by Lloyd Charles Sanders (1908)
"Gray exaggerated the reclusiveness of Lord Holland's life after his retirement
from politics. He had quarrelled with Shelburne and Rigby, but he retained ..."
5. Union-disunion-reunion: Three Decades of Federal Legislation. 1855 to 1885 by Samuel Sullivan Cox (1885)
"Reverdy Johnson's elocution, albeit trained in the solemn hush and reclusiveness
of the Supreme Court, was loud, orotund, and defiant. ..."
6. Human Rights in Northern Ireland: Congressional Hearing edited by Christopher H. Smith (1999)
"... severe restriction on all forms of stimulation in this environment has caused
prisoners to develop reclusiveness and an inability to communicate as well ..."
7. In the Shade of an Acacia Tree: Memoirs of a Health Officer in Africa, 1945-1959 by Frank L. Lambrecht (1991)
"We get glimpses of the boredom, the progressive reclusiveness of some, the need
to establish relationships with local people that would be emotionally ..."
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