closedness
State of shutness
Closedness is the quality of being closed—shut off, sealed, or not open to outside influence.
In mathematics, closedness describes a set that contains all its limit points.
More abstractly, it suggests resistance to new ideas or inaccessibility: the closedness of the committee to public input, an emotional closedness that kept others at a distance.
Being barred from participation
- exclusivityState of being limited
- insularityNarrow detachment from broader views
- clannishnessExcessive in-group loyalty
- cliquishnessExclusive group behavior
unwelcome · rejection · ostracism · marginalization · segregation · discrimination · alienation · standoffishness
Preventing hostile expansion
- confinementState of being restricted
- sealedClosed to prevent entry
- shutteredClosed down permanently
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
blockage · obstruction · impenetrability · impermeability · lockdown · barricade · partition · bolted
Defensive emotional reserve
- defensivenessResistance to perceived attack
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- reserveSupply kept back
- reticenceHabitual verbal restraint
introversion · uncommunicativeness · self-protection · inhibition · repression · stonewalling · unresponsiveness · numbness
Quality of protecting secrets
- privacyFreedom from observation
- concealmentAct of hiding something
- hiddennessState of being obscured
- covertnessQuality of being hidden
discretion · classified · undisclosed · secretiveness · opacity · nontransparency · tight-lipped · unrevealed
exclusion
Being barred from participation
- exclusivityState of being limited
- insularityNarrow detachment from broader views
- clannishnessExcessive in-group loyalty
cliquishness · unwelcome · rejection · ostracism · marginalization · segregation · discrimination · alienation · standoffishness · aloofness
containment
Preventing hostile expansion
- confinementState of being restricted
- sealedClosed to prevent entry
- shutteredClosed down permanently
barrier · blockage · obstruction · impenetrability · impermeability · lockdown · barricade · partition · bolted · latched
guardedness
Defensive emotional reserve
- defensivenessResistance to perceived attack
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- reserveSupply kept back
reticence · introversion · uncommunicativeness · self-protection · inhibition · repression · stonewalling · unresponsiveness · numbness · detachment
confidentiality
Quality of protecting secrets
- privacyFreedom from observation
- concealmentAct of hiding something
- hiddennessState of being obscured
covertness · discretion · classified · undisclosed · secretiveness · opacity · nontransparency · tight-lipped · unrevealed · cryptic
- topologymanifolds, compactness, neighborhoods, torus, connectedness
- silencequiet, silent, mute, hush, stillness
- experience qualitiesintensity, duration, vividness, clarity, depth
closednessopenness
Quality of being accessible
accessibility · availability · permeability · approachability · patency
closednessopenness
Quality of being accessible
open-mindedness · receptivity · transparency · receptiveness · expansiveness
close, include, closed, closing, conclude, conclusion, exclude, exclusive, closer