Definitions for Secretive
ˈsi krɪ tɪv, sɪˈkri-se·cre·tive

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. close, closelipped, closemouthed, secretive, tightlippedadjective

   inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information

   "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. secretiveadjective

   Having an inclination to secrecy.

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1. secretive

   Secrecy is the practice of hiding information from certain individuals or groups who do not have the "need to know", perhaps while sharing it with other individuals. That which is kept hidden is known as the secret. Secrecy is often controversial, depending on the content or nature of the secret, the group or people keeping the secret, and the motivation for secrecy. Secrecy by government entities is often decried as excessive or in promotion of poor operation; excessive revelation of information on individuals can conflict with virtues of privacy and confidentiality. It is often contrasted with social transparency. Secrecy can exist in a number of different ways: encoding or encryption (where mathematical and technical strategies are used to hide messages), true secrecy (where restrictions are put upon those who take part of the message, such as through government security classification) and obfuscation, where secrets are hidden in plain sight behind complex idiosyncratic language (jargon) or steganography. Another classification proposed by Claude Shannon in 1948 reads there are three systems of secrecy within communication: concealment systems, including such methods as invisible ink, concealing a message in an innocent text, or in a fake covering cryptogram, or other methods in which the existence of the message is concealed from the enemy privacy systems, for example, voice inversion, in which special equipment is required to recover the message "true" secrecy systems where the meaning of the message is concealed by the cypher, code, etc., although its existence is not hidden, and the enemy is assumed to have any special equipment necessary to intercept and record the transmitted signal

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Secretiveadjective

   tending to secrete, or to keep secret or private; as, a secretive disposition

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1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Secretive in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Secretive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Secretive in a Sentence

1. Tomi Lahren:

   Seems to me the misleading and uncertain thing here is why Governor Newsom and Posey are being so secretive. If there’s some science-based reasoning for this reopening change of heart, I know I’d like to hear it.

2. Anthony Fauci:

   [T]he Chinese are very closed, in a way of being very reluctant, particularly when you have a disease that evolves in their country, they become extremely secretive, even though there’s no reason to be secretive, i think they were very concerned and maybe embarrassed that the virus evolved from their country but there’s nothing wrong with that.

3. Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston:

   Its not a pleasant topic. It's easier just to ignore it and hope it will go away (but) when we are defensive and secretive, the results are disastrous.

4. Chris Corbett:

   You're having secretive behavior with kids and you're discussing highly sexualized content that breaches boundaries.

5. Otero County:

   We’ve got people up there( at Sunspot) that requested us to standby while they evacuate it. Nobody would really elaborate on any of the circumstances as to why. The FBI were up there. What their purpose was nobody will say. but for The FBI to get involved that quick and be so secretive about The FBI, there was a lot of stuff going on up there.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Secretive
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Secretive
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretive
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Secretive