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UNCOMMUNICATIVENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The trait of being uncommunicative
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("uncommunicativeness" is a kind of...):
trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "uncommunicativeness"):
muteness; silence (a refusal to speak when expected)
secrecy; secretiveness; silence (the trait of keeping things secret)
reserve; reticence; taciturnity (the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary)
Antonym:
communicativeness (the trait of being communicative)
Derivation:
uncommunicative (not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions)
