Definitions

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  • noun The state or condition of being closeted; confinedness.
  • noun The state or condition of being in the closet (not open about one's homosexuality).

Etymologies

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closeted +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • Kelly cited as evidence of my closetedness my "teabagger" piece; a knowingly hyperbolic statement I once made about Reagan; and my appreciation of Bill Buckley, upon his death.

    Chris Kelly: Jay "Tea Party" Nordlinger Misses My Point 2009

  • Kelly cited as evidence of my closetedness my \ "teabagger\" piece; a knowingly hyperbolic statement I once made about Reagan; and my appreciation of Bill Buckley, upon his death.

    Chris Kelly: Jay "Tea Party" Nordlinger Misses My Point 2009

  • Kelly cited as evidence of my closetedness my \ "teabagger\" piece; a knowingly hyperbolic statement I once made about Reagan; and my appreciation of Bill Buckley, upon his death.

    Chris Kelly: Jay "Tea Party" Nordlinger Misses My Point 2009

  • When it comes to not having sex with his wife, nobody tops Rex Morgan who stretches the bounds of ambiguously closetedness even by comic soap standards.

    Foma* 2009

  • When it comes to not having sex with his wife, nobody tops Rex Morgan who stretches the bounds of ambiguously closetedness even by comic soap standards.

    Blogtimore, Hon yellojkt 2009

  • So it's ok to complain about someone's closetedness as long as you do it soberly and somberly, but not if you add some vulgar epithet to spice it up.

    The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan 2009

  • Some of the women must deny and reject the women they love while others struggle with the suffocating confines of closetedness for the sake of their careers.

    AfterEllen.com - Because visibility matters 2009

  • Kelly cited as evidence of my closetedness my "teabagger" piece; a knowingly hyperbolic statement I once made about Reagan; and my appreciation of Bill Buckley, upon his death.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2009

  • So it's ok to complain about someone's closetedness as long as you do it soberly and somberly, but not if you add some vulgar epithet to spice it up.

    The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan 2009

  • Some of the women must deny and reject the women they love while others struggle with the suffocating confines of closetedness for the sake of their careers.

    AfterEllen.com - Because visibility matters 2009

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