re·clu·sive

(rĭ-klo͞o′sĭv, -zĭv)

adj.

1. Seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation.

2. Providing seclusion: a reclusive hut.

re·clu′sive·ly adv.

re·clu′sive·ness n.

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re•clu•sive

(rɪˈklu sɪv, -zɪv)
adj.

1. shut off from the world; living in seclusion.

2. characterized by seclusion; solitary.

[1595–1605]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	reclusive - withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life" recluse, withdrawn unsocial - not seeking or given to association; being or living without companions; "the unsocial disposition to neglect one's neighbors"
	2.	reclusive - providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot" sequestered, cloistered, secluded private - confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy; "a private place"; "private discussions"; "private lessons"; "a private club"; "a private secretary"; "private property"; "the former President is now a private citizen"; "public figures struggle to maintain a private life"

reclusive

adjective solitary, retiring, withdrawn, isolated, secluded, cloistered, monastic, recluse, ascetic, sequestered, hermit-like, hermitic, eremitic She had become increasingly ill and reclusive.
sociable, gregarious

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Translations

μοναχικός

unico

afgezonderd teruggetrokken

reclusive

[rɪˈkluːzɪv] ADJ → dado a recluirse, solitario

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reclusive

[rɪˈkluːsɪv] adj [person] → solitaire; [life] → de reclus(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

reclusive

[riːˈkluːsɪv] adj (frm) → recluso/a
to become reclusive → fare vita da recluso/a, far vita appartata

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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and his South Korean counterpart Kang Kyung Wha emphasized the need to urge Pyongyang to take concrete steps toward denuclearization and agreed to maintain UN economic sanctions against the reclusive state.

US, South Korea, Japan stress unity for North's denuclearisation

A man who killed a reclusive coin collector by stuffing a sock down his throat has been cleared ofmurder.

Burglar killed reclusive coin collector by stuffing sock down his throat; Anthony Bubbins was found dead in Paul Paget's house with his hand behind his back, a pillow over his face and lying 'half on and half off' a mattress

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Protesters burnt North Korean flags and pictures of the reclusive state's leader, Kim Jong Un, as around 800 people gathered for a march towards the stadium where the Olympic torch will be lit in what Seoul wants to become a symbol of peace.

Anti-North Korea protesters burn flags before opening ceremony

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Zoo has put on display a baby okapi, a reclusive species found deep in the now-vanishing dense rainforests of central Africa.

Los Angeles Zoo puts baby okapi on display

North Korea fired a ballistic missile Tuesday morning which flew over the Japanese island of Hokkaido before landing in the Pacific Ocean, prompting residents to seek shelter and calls for additional actions against the reclusive state.

North Korea fires missile over Japan

WHEN Mike Ashley's name first appeared as a potential buyer for Newcastle United, he was described as "reclusive."

Ashley method works for him - but not for us

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I was reclusive very quiet - I felt and Louise In the short film, which Louise says is 'a glimpse behind the mask of the people of the world', she recites a poem written about her own battle with mental health.

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