Secretive in a sentence as an adjective

A secretive group of marathon cheaters who jet around the country and subvert race after race?

Amazon can afford to be secret, and is better off being secretive until it launches.

"I asked more about what he meant by this and he told me that the company is extremely secretive and would not allow me to post any code to Github.

Unfortunately, given how secretive the company is, I'm sure we'll never have more than speculation.

Uncomfortable with recognition, I was almost secretive about how much hard work I was doing to keep everything running smoothly.

The more secretive or unjust an organization is, the more leaks induce fear and paranoia in its leadership and planning coterie.

"The more secretive or unjust an organization is, the more leaks induce fear and paranoia in its leadership and planning coterie.

The public's tepid reaction has brought our nightmare scenario to life - we taught secretive government agencies that they can now do anything they want without fear of public backlash.

To quote Julian Assange: "The more secretive or unjust an organization is, the more leaks induce fear and paranoia in its leadership and planning coterie.

They are a large, secretive organisation populated by smart people who have access to privileged information and who operate on the assumption of immunity.

I am reminded of something someone* said about leaks in 2006:The more secretive or unjust an organization is, the more leaks induce fear and paranoia in its leadership and planning coterie.

Yes, it's far too much power to entrust to anyone, much less an unaccountable secretive organization, but I'll be damned if that's not an incredibly fascinating and attractive proposition.

Super secretive and paranoid that the traditional scientific review process will steal their invention, will only allow third parties to experiment under very controlled conditions, etc, won't produce working patents, etc.

Rather than a critical dialogue between worker and employer being an open one, it has become a secretive conflict; rather than a critical design image being a conscious attempt to demystify design as a mediated process, it becomes an attempt to undermine and destroy the design process.

I find it amazing how often supposedly substantive discussions about Wikileaks and Julian Assange go on without any explicit mention or acknowledgment of what I've always considered his central thesis:----"The non linear effects of leaks on unjust systems of governance[...]The more secretive or unjust an organization is, the more leaks induce fear and paranoia in its leadership and planning coterie.

Secretive definitions

adjective

inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information; "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it"

See also: close closelipped closemouthed tightlipped