reclusivity
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]reclusivity (uncountable)
- (possibly nonstandard) reclusiveness
- 1977, Andrew M. Greeley, American Catholic: A Social Portrait, page 228:
- The kids may make up stories about you, but if you are determined in your reclusivity, you won't give a damn what they say anyhow.
- 1992, Richard Lee Marks, Three men of the Beagle, page 244:
- And Darwin, who in spite of his reclusivity was fond of honors, received his belated acceptance by the French in good spirit.
- 2010, Michael B. First, Clinical Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental Disorders[1]:
- Behavioral features include apathy, reclusivity, anhedonia, depression, delusions, and hallucinations.