secrecy

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the trait of keeping things secret
  2. noun the condition of being concealed or hidden

Etymology

Alteration (on model of primacy, etc) of Late Middle English secretee, from Old French secré.

In classic literature

Synonyms

secretiveness, silence

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