Openness Definition

noun

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.

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The degree to which a person, group, organization, institution, or society exhibits this liberal attitude or opinion.
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(computing) 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.
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(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.
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Other Word Forms of Openness

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openness
Plural:
opennesses

Origin of Openness

  • open +"Ž -ness

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