taciturnity
- noun
- /ˌtæsɪˈtɜrnɪti/
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taciturnidad
- He has none of Mother’s and Romi’s stormy power, none of Leah’s soft gleam, and none of Jacob’s scorched taciturnity.
Examples
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"Benjamin Rush and John Adams again echoed this advice, the first when he bemoaned the vice of "taciturnity in company" in a letter to Adams; and the latter when he complained of James Otis that "No other gentleman in company can find a space to put in a word...
Academic text (1996) -
He was usually quick and bold in his judgments; this cautiousness and taciturnity seemed out of character for him.
Fiction book (1991) -
Taciturnity combined with anxiety, high irritability.
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Most surprising to the twins, she seemed to penetrate their father's taciturnity and reserve.
Fiction book (1996) -
A person had a character for meanness or prodigality, for taciturnity or volubility, for cautiousness or recklessness.
Academic text (1997) -
Rappard attributed the taciturnity of the Japanese to their difficulty in learning Western languages, an opinion shared by retired Under-Secretary Nitobe when he lamented the weakness of the Japanese on their feet.
Academic text (1995) -
Wallace feels sunk, immersed in some thick tar of gloominess and taciturnity, the tar that is his lineage, so far as he knows it.
Fiction book (1990) -
Thus, from orderliness comes disorder, from virtue comes vice, from taciturnity comes speech, from lies comes honesty, from the latter comes the former, and both the world and the life of our attributes are round, are they not, sir? This little tale is just a sort of insert I've woven in.
Fiction book (1999) -
His taciturnity made it difficult for others to know his true feelings.
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Despite her taciturnity, her thoughts were deep and insightful.
Synonyms
10
7.8
A feeling of not wanting to speak or share thoughts
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5.2
A quiet way of acting that shows little emotion
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7.2
A feeling of being distant from other people and not friendly
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8.8
Being unfriendly and distant with other people
Not talking or sharing thoughts with others
Quiet behaviour that does not show feelings or thoughts openly
A habit of staying quiet and keeping away from other people
Antonyms
How Reserved
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word taciturnity comes from the root tacit, which means 'silent', and is also the source of the simpler word tacit and the adjective taciturn. So taciturnity means the habit or quality of being quiet and not speaking much.