Definitions for open secret
open se·cret

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1. open secretnoun

   something that is supposed to be secret but is generally known

   "their love affair was an open secret"

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1. open secretnoun

   A fact that is widely known, but not acknowledged openly.

2. open secretnoun

   Information that is not widely known, despite being freely available.

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1. Open Secret

   Open Secret is a 1948 American film noir directed by John Reinhardt, starring John Ireland and Jane Randolph.

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1. open secret

   An open secret is information that is supposed to be kept confidential or private but is actually widely known or easily obtained. It refers to something that is officially not acknowledged, but is commonly known among a particular group of people or within a certain community.

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1. Open secret

   An open secret is a concept or idea that is "officially" secret or restricted in knowledge, but is actually widely known; or refers to something which is widely known to be true, but which none of the people most intimately concerned are willing to categorically acknowledge in public.

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How to pronounce open secret?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of open secret in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of open secret in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of open secret in a Sentence

1. Lena Dunham:

   I just want you to let you know that Harvey’s a rapist and this is going to come out at some point, i think it’s a really bad idea for him to host fund-raisers and be involved because it’s an open secret in Hollywood that he has a problem with sexual assault.

2. Rick Wilson:

   I’m not on gay Twitter so I don’t follow that set of dialogues. The fact that it was an open secret there does not make it something that we were aware of.

3. United States:

   It is an open secret in Hong Kong that the forces protesting the extradition bill have been sponsored by the United States.

4. Bill Priestap:

   The Chinese's an open secret that relevant Bill Priestap government agencies have long engaged in large-scale and organized cyber theft and surveillance against foreign governments, companies and individuals, the' cyber theft' accusations against The Chinese by Bill Priestap are purely groundless counter-charges and can deceive no one but The Chinese.

5. Albert Einstein:

   The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the Prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this country is closely connected with this.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=open secret
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Open_Secret
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Secret
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=open secret