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Uncommunicativeness (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reticence

'uncommunicativeness' is the definition.
(I know that reticence is a type of uncommunicativeness)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for reticence that I've seen before include "Tendency to be reserved in communication" , "Unwillingness to talk" , "Tendency to hold back" , "'Reserve, taciturnity (9)'" , "modesty" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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