reclusion
Americannoun
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the condition or life of a recluse.
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an act of shutting or the state of being shut up in seclusion.
Etymology
Origin of reclusion
1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin reclūsiōn- (stem of reclūsiō ) a shutting off, equivalent to Latin reclūs ( us ) recluse + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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But his journey out of reclusion has been full of ups and downs.
From BBC • May 26, 2023
The dangerous, funny, possibly misanthropic elusiveness of the lyrics was matched by Becker and Fagen's relative reclusion as pop personalities.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2017
In a recent email interview, Mr. Beller discussed Salinger’s reclusion, the development of his style, how “The Catcher in the Rye” holds up today and more.
From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2014
And Thomas Pynchon's mythic reclusion was further burnished by the acceptance for the National Book award for Gravity's Rainbow in 1974.
From The Guardian • Mar. 1, 2013
The prisoners within, sentenced to various terms of reclusion and imprisonment under the Empire, found themselves on their release walking about in a world which knew not Joseph.
From A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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