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 money, or the lack of it, is not what is driving young people into reclusion.
From BBC ● May 26, 2023
And reclusion wasn’t necessarily a rural or solitary condition.
From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2021
I understand April Dawn Alison’s pull towards reclusion.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 17, 2019
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
The Progressists, therefore, who combated ecclesiastical preponderance in the Philippines, demanded the retirement of the friars to conventual reclusion or missions, and the appointment of clérigos, or secular clergymen to the vicarages and curacies.
From The Philippine Islands by Foreman, John
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