Publicness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The character of common possession or interest; joint holding: as, the publicness of property.
  • noun. Openness or exposure to the notice or knowledge of the community or of people at large; notoriety: as, the publicness of a resort; the publicness of a scandal.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The quality or state of being public, or open to the view or notice of people at large; publicity; notoriety.
  • noun. The quality or state of belonging to the community.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The quality or state of being public.
  • Word Usage
    "In his new book, Public Parts, American writer Jeff Jarvis makes the case for what he calls "publicness," an ethic of openness."
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