UNCOMMUNICATIVENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does uncommunicativeness mean? 

• UNCOMMUNICATIVENESS (noun)
  The noun UNCOMMUNICATIVENESS has 1 sense:

1. the trait of being uncommunicative

  Familiarity information: UNCOMMUNICATIVENESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNCOMMUNICATIVENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The trait of being uncommunicative

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("uncommunicativeness" is a kind of...):

trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "uncommunicativeness"):

muteness; silence (a refusal to speak when expected)

secrecy; secretiveness; silence (the trait of keeping things secret)

reserve; reticence; taciturnity (the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary)

Antonym:

communicativeness (the trait of being communicative)

Derivation:

uncommunicative (not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions)