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US
/ˈoʊpənəs, ˈoʊpənnəs/
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[ UK /ˈəʊpənnəs/ ]
[ UK /ˈəʊpənnəs/ ]
NOUN
- characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive
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willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas)
this receptiveness is the key feature in oestral behavior, enabling natural mating to occur
he was testing the government's receptiveness to reform
their receptivity to the proposal -
without obstructions to passage or view
the openness of the prairies
How To Use openness In A Sentence
- In recent months, the president explained, we had been hearing a great deal from the Soviet Union about a new policy of glasnost or openness.
- That said, it should be borne in mind that political openness varies a great deal from one country to another.
- The bold provisionality and elegant openness of Merz's installations, as well as his own freewheeling personal presence and oracular writings, helped make him the most widely recognized of all the Arte Povera artists.
- Stanhope sees his openness as a counter to society's hypocrisy about such subjects.
- The market is one of growing complexity, dynamism and openness.
- Thus, dialogical openness is quite different from indifferentism; identity and dialogue are correlative.
- In this he is inspired by his partner's honesty and openness. Times, Sunday Times
- Consider, for instance, how the interior windows, glass balustrades, and switchable partitions create both a sense of openness and the ability to zone spaces for specific uses and privacy.
- And maybe, just maybe, that awareness could coalesce into a market force that rewards openness and accountability, and punishes arbitrary, high-handed behaviour.
- This is a fine example of Orwellian newspeak, suggesting that openness can best be achieved by secrecy and non-disclosure.