Reticence
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Reticence is a psychological feature characteristic of the autistic attitude toward the environment, seen in schizophrenics, schizoid psychopaths, and normal schizothymic individuals. It plays a fundamental role in characterological typologies such as those by Kretschmer and Jung, which contrast open, accessible individuals with secretive, closed ones.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
RETICENCE, a feature of the psyche characteristic of the autistic attitude toward the environment, inherent in schizophrenics, schizoid psychopaths, and normal individuals of a schizothymic constitution. Reticence acquired particular significance due to the fact that a number of characterological schemata (Kretschmer, Jung) are built on the opposition of open, accessible people to secretive, reticent ones; such are the extraverted and introverted types of Jung, the cyclothymic and schizothymic temperaments of Kretschmer, and others.
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“Reticence.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/reticence/