Synonyms for clandestineness
- clandestinity
- concealment
- confidentiality
- covertness
- private
- secretiveness
- secretness
- silence
- stealth
- surreptitiousness
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WORD ORIGIN
1560s, from Latin clandestinus "secret, hidden," from clam "secretly," from adverbial derivative of base of celare "to hide" (see cell), perhaps on model of intestinus "internal." Related: Clandestinely. As a noun form, there is awkward clandestinity (clandestineness apparently being a dictionary word).
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