[syn: receptiveness, receptivity, openness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Openness \O"pen*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being open.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
openness
n 1: without obstructions to passage or view; "the openness of
the prairies"
2: characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility
(especially about one's actions or purposes); without
concealment; not secretive [syn: openness, nakedness]
[ant: closeness, secretiveness]
3: willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions
or ideas); "he was testing the government's receptiveness to
reform"; "this receptiveness is the key feature in oestral
behavior, enabling natural mating to occur"; "their
receptivity to the proposal" [syn: receptiveness,
receptivity, openness]