Syncretism

Anthropology: Observation and study without reference to a historical context, often of a particular ethnic group.

An example would go here if I could think of a good one.

by Tyra_Nid October 28, 2004

Secretism

Acting in a mysterious fasion. Not giving full disclosure.

The secretism of that dude intrigued me. He wouldn't even tell me his name.

by Esabeth Regenbogen March 20, 2010

SECRETISM

Something that must be kept secret between two people. Usually the consequences of the secret being released would result in the death or the spoiled reputations of the two people.

- I made sure that Maggie would keep our baby a secretism until we knew what we were going to do.

- Somebody somehow hacked into our instant messenger conversation and revealed our secretisms to the public... POP (gunfire, suicide).

by warnurrrrr May 11, 2007