Dictionary Entry
clandestinity
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/klan-des-tin-i-tee/Word FrequencyRare (1.68)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)The state of being clandestine; secrecy.
In a Sentence
“The spies operated with extreme clandestinity to avoid detection by the enemy.”
Published Usage Examples
“The interpretation stated that, according to the Holy Father, there was no longer any reason to remain in the situation of clandestinity and that the Holy Father wanted that all underground communities request the recognition of the Government.”
“Although living in clandestinity, he was already the object of a grotesque cult of personality and he wrote and spoke in that terrible langue de bois that is not the least of the tortures inflicted on society by communist regimes because it claims a monopoly of public speech and bores into the brain like a loud burrowi”
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Origin
From French 'clandestinité', from Latin 'clandestinus'.
Common Phrases
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