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openness

DEFINITIONS OF: openness

1

n without obstructions to passage or view

“the openness of the prairies”
Types:
patency
the openness (lack of obstruction) of a bodily passage or duct
Type of:
spacing, spatial arrangement
the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them

n willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas)

Synonyms:
receptiveness, receptivity
Type of:
willingness
cheerful compliance

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

Synonyms:
nakedness
Antonyms:
closeness, secretiveness
characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)
Type of:
sociability, sociableness
the relative tendency or disposition to be sociable or associate with one's fellows
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