wall of silence
nounDefinitions
Strict secretiveness maintained by the members of a group with respect to information…
Strict secretiveness maintained by the members of a group with respect to information which might be contrary to their interests, especially information concerning questionable actions by members of the group.
- [The persecution of homosexuals in the Holocaust is] a fact deliberately buried by history. This homophobic world does not intend to let the straight world know any of the real facts. The wall of silence is deliberate.
- That makes his struggle with the culture of omertà, the wall of silence that allowed the Mafia to prevail for decades, all the more poignant.
- Her parents sought the official report on the incident, but they have run into a wall of silence.
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