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the deliberate art of disappearing before anyone notices you were there.

means The state of being kept away or apart from other people, whether by choice or circumstance.

from From Latin 'secludere,' to shut off or shut apartbuilt from 'se-' (apart, away) and 'claudere' (to close or shut), the same root that gives us 'close,' 'include,' and 'cloister.' The image baked in is literal: a door closed with you on the far side of it, the world latched out.

prison paradoxUsed as both monk's reward and inmate's punishment
brain effectTotal isolation can trigger vivid hallucinations within days
hermit demand18th-century estates hired ornamental hermits to lurk decoratively
word rootFrom Latin secludere, meaning to shut off
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