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Noun [English]

Forms: opennesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English *opennesse, from Old English openness (“openness, publicity”), equivalent to open + -ness. Cognate with Old High German offannussi (“disclosure, revelation, openness”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*opennesse}} Middle English *opennesse, {{inh|en|ang|openness|t=openness, publicity}} Old English openness (“openness, publicity”), {{af|en|open|-ness}} open + -ness, {{cog|goh|offannussi|t=disclosure, revelation, openness}} Old High German offannussi (“disclosure, revelation, openness”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} openness (usually uncountable, plural opennesses)
  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. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms (accommodating attitude or opinion): open-mindedness, approachability Translations (accommodating attitude or opinion): откритост (otkritost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), otevřenost [feminine] (Czech), avoimuus (Finnish), ღიაობა (ɣiaoba) (Georgian), გახსნილობა (gaxsniloba) (Georgian), ανοικτότητα (anoiktótita) [feminine] (Greek), פתיחות (ptiḥut) (Hebrew), oscailteacht [feminine] (Irish), apertura (Italian), отвореност (otvorenost) [feminine] (Macedonian), åpenhet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), открытость (otkrytostʹ) (Russian), apertura (Spanish), öppenhet (Swedish), labusaw (Tagalog), відвертість (vidvertistʹ) (Ukrainian)
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  2. The degree to which a person, group, organization, institution, or society exhibits this liberal attitude or opinion. Tags: uncountable, usually
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  3. Lack of secrecy; candour, transparency. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (lack of secrecy, transparency): откровеност (otkrovenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), avoimuus (Finnish), läpinäkyvyys (Finnish), trasparenza (Italian), uwazi (Swahili)
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  4. (computing, education) 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. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Computing, Education Translations (computing: degree of accessibility): avoimuus (Finnish), apertura (Italian)
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  5. (systems theory) 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. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Systems theory Translations (systems theory: degree to which exchange occurs): avoimuus (Finnish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (degree to this attitude is exhibited): avoimuus (Finnish), ανοικτότητα (anoiktótita) [feminine] (Greek)
Disambiguation of 'degree to this attitude is exhibited': 28 26 12 18 16

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      "word": "ღიაობა"
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