openness

Langue: fr

🇺🇸 /ˈoʊpənnəs/

📖 Définitions

noun
Ouverture; Francheise; Ouverture d'esprit; transparence; Ouverture; Ouverture commerciale; Ouverture à l'expérience; Non-résolution

EN: The quality or state of being open; the condition of being accessible, unobstructed, or not closed.; The quality of being frank, honest, and transparent in communication or behavior; candor.; Receptivity to new ideas, experiences, or perspectives; willingness to consider different viewpoints.; The degree to which a system, organization, or process is transparent and accessible to public scrutiny.; The quality of being unobstructed or free from barriers, as in a physical space or passage.; In economics, the degree to which a country's economy is integrated with the global market through trade and capital flows.; In psychology, one of the Big Five personality traits, characterized by imagination, curiosity, and preference for variety.; The state of being unresolved or not yet decided; lack of finality.

🔗 Détails

Formes du mot

indénombrable

Collocations

openness toopenness abouta sense of opennessopenness and honestywith opennessopenness to change

Dérivés

openopenlyopeneropeningreopenopen-minded

Synonymes

candortransparencyfranknesshonestyreceptivenessforthrightness

Antonymes

secrecyreticenceclosednessreserve

Souvent confondus

opening

EN: 'Opening' refers to a gap, hole, or the beginning of something; 'openness' refers to the quality of being open, candid, or receptive.

fr: 'Opening' fait référence à une ouverture, un trou ou le début de quelque chose ; 'openness' fait référence à la qualité d'être ouvert, franc ou réceptif.

candor

EN: 'Candor' emphasizes frankness in speech specifically; 'openness' is broader, covering receptiveness, transparency, and lack of secrecy.

fr: 'Candor' met l'accent sur la franchise dans le discours spécifiquement ; 'openness' est plus large, couvrant la réceptivité, la transparence et l'absence de secret.

Conseils d'orthographe

EN: Remember the double 'n' in 'openness' — it comes from 'open' + '-ness', so both n's are retained.

fr: N'oubliez pas le double 'n' dans 'openness' — il vient de 'open' + '-ness', donc les deux 'n' sont conservés.

💬 Exemples

The openness of the landscape made it easy to see for miles in every direction.

L'ouverture du paysage permettait de voir à des kilomètres dans toutes les directions.
She appreciated his openness about the difficulties the company was facing.

Elle a apprécié son ouverture concernant les difficultés auxquelles l'entreprise faisait face.
The professor's openness to unconventional theories made her classes especially stimulating.

L'ouverture d'esprit de la professeure envers les théories non conventionnelles rendait ses cours particulièrement stimulants.
The government promised greater openness in its decision-making processes.

Le gouvernement a promis plus d'ouverture dans ses processus décisionnels.
The openness of the ocean horizon gave the sailors a sense of infinite freedom.

L'immensité de l'horizon océanique donna aux marins un sentiment de liberté infinie.
Trade openness is often measured as the ratio of total trade to GDP.

L'ouverture commerciale est souvent mesurée par le ratio du commerce total sur le PIB.
People who score high in openness tend to enjoy art, adventure, and unusual ideas.

Les personnes très ouvertes ont tendance à apprécier l'art, l'aventure et les idées insolites.
The openness of the question left room for further debate among scholars.

L'ouverture de la question a laissé place à un débat plus approfondi parmi les savants.