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Secrets and secretiveness

secret

noun

a piece of information that is known by only a small number of people, and is deliberately not told to other people

confidentiality

noun

a situation in which important information must be kept secret

stealth

noun

a quiet and secret way of behaving so that no one sees or hears you

conspiracy of silence

noun

an agreement between people to keep secret facts that should be publicly known

secrecy

noun

a situation in which you keep something secret, or the process of keeping something secret

confidence

noun

a secret that you tell someone

hidden agenda

noun

a secret reason for doing something, because you will get an advantage from it

trade secret

noun

information that is known only by people within a particular company or industry

state secret

noun

information that a government decides must be kept secret

intimacy

noun

something personal or private that you say or do

vocal fry

a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence

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conflict mineral

a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons

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