openness.

1. Willingness to consider unfamiliar ideas, perspectives or experiences.

2. Willingness to disclose relevant information or express one’s thoughts honestly.

3. The absence of physical barriers or enclosure.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• openness to experience
• intellectual openness

On the page

Her openness to unfamiliar methods was paired with close attention to their limitations.

The discussion valued openness without requiring participants to abandon their convictions.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / character / human behavior. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: characterization, motivation, interpersonal behavior, self-evaluation. Disciplines: psychology, human behavior, character writing. Commonness: moderately common.