as in privacy
the state of being alone or kept apart from others
sought the kind of solitude where his thoughts would be his only companions
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The filmmaking duo and their producer and Gholamreza Mousavi have been in the crosshairs of Iran’s authoritarian Islamic Republic regime since early 2023 over the heartwarming drama about an elderly widow who reconnects with life’s small pleasures in the face of solitude.
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 11 Apr. 2025
The stigma of solitude This anxiety stems in large part from our culture’s deficit view of solitude.
—Virginia Thomas, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
From tech to energy, these careers offer six-figure potential and solitude.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
In an interview with Variety, Majors responded to a comment about Maddox’s crushing solitude and the on-screen violence by asking where the reporter sees violence in the film.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2025
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 11 Apr. 2025
The stigma of solitude This anxiety stems in large part from our culture’s deficit view of solitude.
—Virginia Thomas, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
From tech to energy, these careers offer six-figure potential and solitude.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
In an interview with Variety, Majors responded to a comment about Maddox’s crushing solitude and the on-screen violence by asking where the reporter sees violence in the film.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Solitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solitude. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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