clandestinity
- noun
- /klænˈdɛs.tɪ.nə.ti/
- Archaic
:
clandestinidad
Examples
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Alongside the success of managing clandestinity, there was in her a wish to take her foreigner home, to introduce him to her life, so that he might know her elsewhere than behind a desk or in his bed.
Fiction book (1994) -
Most of the opposition to Perez Jimenez was carried out by the AD and the PCV in clandestinity and from exile.
Academic text (1998) -
Women's groups, youth groups, and trade union groups were busy gathering support for this or that candidate; the old guard welcomed the influx as affirming a new kind of mass base after so many years of clandestinity.
Fiction book (1994) -
And it is face—textual and interpersonal—that drags me out of the amnion and clandestinity of "me" and pushes me into public view.
Academic text (1998) -
It's understood—and she exacted this from her co-workers—that personal obligations must be subordinate to the cause; always had been in exile and clandestinity and were no less now, around conference and negotiation tables.
Fiction book (1994) -
AD activist Elia Borges de Tapia reflected, 'Although it appears that in clandestinity we are all equal—like when we die—it must be recognized that the women did not participate in leadership.'
Academic text (1998) -
The organization's clandestinity helped them operate without drawing unnecessary attention.
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Living in clandestinity for years, they developed a network to ensure their safety and secrecy.
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His clandestinity allowed him to gather information without being detected by the authorities.
Synonyms
201
2.7
Being where other people cannot find you to stay safe
165
4.4
Keeping information hidden from other people
117
6.5
Quiet movement to avoid being seen or heard
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5.4
Keeping information private so only some people can see it
8
5.0
Keeping something hidden or secret
1
6.5
The habit of not telling people things or hiding information from them
1
5.3
An act of hiding something so people do not know about it
1
7.3
Quiet and secret actions to avoid being noticed
1
7.8
A state in which something is out of sight and hard to notice or understand
Being secret so other people do not know about it
Habit of doing things in a hidden way
Trying to avoid being seen or noticed
Being alone and not seen by other people
Antonyms
How Secret
Surface Forms
Morphology
clandestinity = clandestine (semi-transparent) = clandestine + ity
The noun is formed regularly from the adjective 'clandestine' with the productive suffix '-ity', but 'clandestine' is a borrowed, non-productive form that may be less analyzable for average learners.
Etymology
Clandestinity comes from the adjective clandestine, which in turn comes from an old Latin word clam meaning 'secretly'. So clandestinity is the quality of being 'hidden' or done in secret to avoid notice.