Reclusive vs Hikikomori - What's the difference?
reclusive | hikikomori |
Of, characterized by, or preferring privacy and isolation; secluded.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=December 19
, author=Kerry Brown
, title=Kim Jong-il obituary
, work=The Guardian
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(uncountable) The phenomenon whereby an individual becomes a recluse from society, typically confining him- or herself to the house or a single room for a very long period.
(countable) A reclusive person of this kind.
As an adjective reclusive
is of, characterized by, or preferring privacy and isolation; secluded.As a noun hikikomori is
(uncountable) the phenomenon whereby an individual becomes a recluse from society, typically confining him- or herself to the house or a single room for a very long period.reclusive
English
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(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=Kim Jong-il, who has died aged 69, was the general secretary of the Workers party of Korea, and head of the military in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). He was one of the most reclusive and widely condemned national leaders of the late 20th and early 21st century, leaving his country diplomatically isolated, economically broken and divided from South Korea.}}
- And if it sort not well, you may conceal her,
- As best befits her wounded reputation,
- In some reclusive and religious life,
- Out of all eyes, tongues, minds and injuries.