Definitions for openness
open·ness

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. opennessnoun

   without obstructions to passage or view

   "the openness of the prairies"

2. openness, nakednessnoun

   characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive

3. receptiveness, receptivity, opennessnoun

   willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas)

   "he was testing the government's receptiveness to reform"; "this receptiveness is the key feature in oestral behavior, enabling natural mating to occur"; "their receptivity to the proposal"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. opennessnoun

   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.

2. opennessnoun

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

3. opennessnoun

   degree of accessibility to view, use, and modify computer code 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 that code.

4. opennessnoun

   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.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Opennessnoun

   Etymology: from open.

   1. Plainness; clearness; freedom from obscurity or ambiguity.

   Deliver with more openness your answers
   To my demands. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   2. Plainness; freedom from disguise.

   The noble openness and freedom of his reflexions, are expressed in lively colours. Henry Felton, on the Classicks.

   These, letters all written in the openness of friendship, will prove what were my real sentiments. Alexander Pope, Letters.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. openness

   Openness typically refers to the willingness to consider, accept and embrace new ideas, experiences, suggestions, or behaviors. In a broader context, it can also describe the quality of being transparent, accessible, or unrestricted. This term can be applied in various fields such as psychology, communication, business, government, and computer technology with slightly different nuances.

WikidataRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Openness

   Openness may also refer to a very general philosophical position from which some individuals and organizations operate, often highlighted by a decision-making process recognizing communal management by distributed stakeholders rather than a centralized authority. Openness could be a synonym of : ⁕Open system : Openness to experience, wiki, direct democracy, open spirituality, respect for all other beings, etc. ⁕Transparency : openness in a utilitarian view : economical openness, open economic or politic data, etc.

Matched Categories

1. • Sociability
   • Spacing
   • Willingness

How to pronounce openness?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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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

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say openness in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of openness in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of openness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of openness in a Sentence

1. Joseph Addison:

   I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable.

2. Giri Cherukuri:

   They( investors) liked the focus on expense control and openness towards possible dividends and share buybacks.

3. Mike Pompeo:

   President Xi claimed this week that China is acting with openness, transparency responsibility. I wish it were so.

4. Henriette Reker:

   We have to explain to people from other cultures that the jolly and frisky attitude during our Carnival is not a sign of sexual openness.

5. Ricky Schroder:

   I had to go there and do it because getting into the field with the soldiers and gaining the trust of the soldiers that you embed with is crucial and key, if you don’t have their trust and they don’t believe that what you're doing is a fair shake for them, they won’t give you that access, and they won’t give you the openness that you need to produce something like that.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=openness
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Openness
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=openness
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=openness