hermetic
Example Sentences
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MIT is an enclave even within the hermetic world of Cambridge academia—a place where complex, bleeding-edge ideas spawn from sterile labs and filthy dorm rooms.
“Brother’s Keeper” is partly a story of a family bond so hermetic and tight-knit that it is all but inscrutable to outsiders.
From New York Times
Director Stanley Kubrick had a reputation in his lifetime for being hermetic and aloof, because he declined most interviews and didn’t make a lot of public appearances.
From Los Angeles Times
And his conversational manner is much more casual, more affable, than his reputation as a hermetic perfectionist would suggest.
From New York Times
Bespectacled and introspective, Saura cultivated a hermetic image, and was more concerned with self-expression than profits.
From Reuters
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