"reclusive" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɹɪˈkluːsɪv/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-reclusive.wav Forms: more reclusive [comparative], most reclusive [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} reclusive (comparative more reclusive, superlative most reclusive)
  1. Of, characterized by, or preferring privacy and isolation; secluded. Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: hermitlike, withdrawn Related terms: recluse, reclusively, reclusiveness Translations (preferring privacy): φιλέρημος (philérēmos) (Ancient Greek), teruggetrokken (Dutch), afgezonderd (Dutch), syrjäänvetäytyvä (Finnish), eristäytyvä (Finnish), zurückgezogen (German), aonarach (Irish), lūcifugus (Latin), moke (Maori), mokemoke (Maori), pustelniczy (Polish), samotniczy (Polish), пову̀чен [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), дѝскретан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), povùčen [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), dìskretan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), reclusivo (Spanish), enstörig (Swedish)
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        "Of, characterized by, or preferring privacy and isolation; secluded."
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          "word": "recluse"
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          "sense": "preferring privacy",
          "word": "teruggetrokken"
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          "sense": "preferring privacy",
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          "sense": "preferring privacy",
          "word": "syrjäänvetäytyvä"
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          "sense": "preferring privacy",
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          "sense": "preferring privacy",
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "preferring privacy",
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          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "preferring privacy",
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          "sense": "preferring privacy",
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          "sense": "preferring privacy",
          "word": "samotniczy"
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          "sense": "preferring privacy",
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          "word": "пову̀чен"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "preferring privacy",
          "word": "reclusivo"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "preferring privacy",
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      "sense": "preferring privacy",
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      "sense": "preferring privacy",
      "word": "eristäytyvä"
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      "sense": "preferring privacy",
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      "sense": "preferring privacy",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "preferring privacy",
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      "sense": "preferring privacy",
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      "sense": "preferring privacy",
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      "sense": "preferring privacy",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "preferring privacy",
      "word": "pustelniczy"
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      "sense": "preferring privacy",
      "word": "samotniczy"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "preferring privacy",
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      "sense": "preferring privacy",
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      "sense": "preferring privacy",
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