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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesreclusion
Native Script:réclusion
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ʁe.kly.zjɔ̃/
"Il vivait dans une profonde réclusion."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The state or quality of being hidden, secluded, or kept secret from public view.
"Die Einsiedlerin lebte in völliger Verbergenheit abseits des Dorfes." - 2
A psychological or spiritual condition of inner retreat, privacy, and sheltered solitude.
"Er fand Trost und Frieden in der Verbergenheit seiner Gedanken."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the German verb 'verbergen' (to hide, conceal), combining the prefix 'ver-' with 'bergen' (to shelter, save), and the nominalizing suffix '-heit' (from Old High German '-heit', denoting state or quality). Historically rooted in Germanic tribal languages, the term evolved in philosophical and romantic literature to describe a profound state of seclusion, hiddenness, or mystical withdrawal from the world.
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reclusion
Transliteration: /ʁe.kly.zjɔ̃/
Script: réclusion
"Il vivait dans une profonde réclusion."
Verbergenheit
Transliteration: /fɛɐ̯ˈbɔʁɡn̩haɪ̯t/
"Sie zog die Verbergenheit dem Trubel der Stadt vor."
reclusione
Transliteration: /re.kluˈzjo.ne/
"Scelse una vita di quieta reclusione."
reclusión
Transliteration: /re.kluˈsjon/
"Vivía en una total reclusión voluntaria."
reclusão
Transliteration: /ʁe.kluˈzãw̃/
"Ele encontrou paz na reclusão."
एकांत
Transliteration: ekānt
"वह अपनी दुनिया के एकांत में रहता था।"
隐蔽
Transliteration: yǐnbì
"他在大山的隐蔽处找到了一处住所。"
은둔
Transliteration: eundun
"그는 깊은 산속에서 은둔 생활을 했다."
隠遁
Transliteration: inton
"彼は世俗を離れて隠遁生活を送った。"
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