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openness.

Accommodating attitude or opinion, as in receptivity to new ideas, behaviors, cultures, peoples, environments, experiences, etc., different from the familiar, conventional, traditional, or one's own.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. Accommodating attitude or opinion, as in receptivity to new ideas, behaviors, cultures, peoples, environments, experiences, etc., different from the familiar, conventional, traditional, or one's own.

    uncountable · usually
  2. The degree to which a person, group, organization, institution, or society exhibits this liberal attitude or opinion.

    uncountable · usually
  3. Lack of secrecy; candour, transparency.

    uncountable · usually
  4. The degree of accessibility to view, use, and modify in a shared environment with legal rights generally held in common and preventing proprietary restrictions on the right of others to continue viewing, using, modifying and sharing.

    uncountable · usually
  5. The degree to which a system operates with distinct boundaries across which exchange occurs capable of inducing change in the system while maintaining the boundaries themselves.

    uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

From Middle English *opennesse, from Old English openness (“openness, publicity”), equivalent to open + -ness. Cognate with Old High German offannussi (“disclosure, revelation, openness”).

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