uncommunicativeness

C2+ Topic:Communication

US /ˌʌnkəˈmjuːnɪkətɪvnəs/ UK /ˌʌnkəˈmjuːnɪkətɪvnəs/ See IPA manual

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noun
unwillingness or inability to talk or share information

His uncommunicativeness during therapy frustrated the counselor.

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1 noun · unwillingness or inability... reticence taciturnity reserve silence aloofnesssecretiveness

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communicativeness opennesstalkativenesscandor

Word family

Related forms uncommunicative communicative communicate communication

Etymology

From uncommunicative + -ness. Communicate comes from Latin communicatus, past participle of communicare ('to share, impart'), from communis ('common, shared').

un- Old English communicare Latin communis Latin

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# uncommunicativeness

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌʌnkəˈmjuːnɪkətɪvnəs/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌʌnkəˈmjuːnɪkətɪvnəs/

## Meanings
1. unwillingness or inability to talk or share information

## Examples
- His uncommunicativeness during therapy frustrated the counselor.

## Synonyms
- reticence
- taciturnity
- reserve
- silence
- aloofness
- secretiveness

## Antonyms
- communicativeness
- openness
- talkativeness
- candor

## Related Forms
- uncommunicative
- communicative
- communicate
- communication

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: un-
- Root: communicare
- Root: communis

## Etymology
From uncommunicative + -ness. Communicate comes from Latin communicatus, past participle of communicare ('to share, impart'), from communis ('common, shared').

## AI Etymology
Uncommunicativeness is from uncommunicative + -ness. Communicate comes from Latin communicatus, past participle of communicare ('to share, impart'), from communis ('common, shared'). Important recorded forms include un- (Old English), communicare (Latin), and communis (Latin). Morphologically, the un- element marks negation, reversal, removal, or deprivation, while the base supplies the action, quality, or state being denied or undone. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers unwillingness or inability to talk or share information. The wider family includes related words such as uncommunicative, communicative, communicate, and communication.

## Topics
- Communication
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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