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Meaning of openness

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

openness

noun

Definitions

  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.

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

  3. Lack of secrecy; candour, transparency.

  4. 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.