openness
Willingness to consider
Openness is the quality of being receptive, accessible, or unrestricted.
A person with openness welcomes new ideas and experiences: Her openness to criticism made her a better writer.
Openness in communication means transparency and candor: The company promised greater openness about its practices.
Physical openness describes expansiveness or lack of barriers: the openness of the prairie.
In personality psychology, openness is one of the "Big Five" traits, measuring curiosity and imagination.
Truthfulness, sincerity
- candorUnguarded truthfulness
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- clarityState of being understandable
- forthrightnessQuality of being direct
truthfulness · sincerity · accountability · frankness · visibility · authenticity · directness · straightforwardness
Willingness to accept difference
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- unprejudicedFree from preconceptions
- nonjudgmentalNot forming harsh opinions
- receptiveOpen to input
curious · flexible · adaptable · inclusive · progressive · liberal · cosmopolitan · pluralistic
State of being unprotected
- trustConfidence in another
- intimacyEmotional closeness between people
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
- defenselessnessState of being unprotected
susceptibility · risk · emotional · courage · bravery · authenticity · rawness · unguarded
Attending to sound
- empathySharing another's emotions
- responsivenessReadiness to react
- attentivenessConcentrated awareness of surroundings
- perceptivenessAbility to notice subtleties
awareness · understanding · engagement · consideration · sensitivity · intuition · approachability · amenable
Intense willingness to act
- readinessState of being prepared
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- amenabilityReadiness to yield
agreeableness · compliance · volition · zeal · enthusiasm · inclination · assent · acquiescence
Seated conveyance for mobility-impaired
- rampSloped connecting surface
- entrancePoint of access
- usabilityEase of interaction quality
- universalAffecting all equally
assistive · elevator · accommodation · inclusion · adaptive · barrier-free · navigable · reachable
Soviet reform initiative
- USSRFormer communist superpower
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- liberalizationReducing state economic controls
- democratizationTransition toward popular rule
Gorbachev · censorship · dissident · Soviet · thaw
honesty
Truthfulness, sincerity
- candorUnguarded truthfulness
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- clarityState of being understandable
forthrightness · truthfulness · sincerity · accountability · frankness · visibility · authenticity · directness · straightforwardness · scrutiny
tolerance
Willingness to accept difference
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- unprejudicedFree from preconceptions
- nonjudgmentalNot forming harsh opinions
receptive · curious · flexible · adaptable · inclusive · progressive · liberal · cosmopolitan · pluralistic · egalitarian
exposure
State of being unprotected
- trustConfidence in another
- intimacyEmotional closeness between people
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
defenselessness · susceptibility · risk · emotional · courage · bravery · authenticity · rawness · unguarded · heartfelt
listening
Attending to sound
- empathySharing another's emotions
- responsivenessReadiness to react
- attentivenessConcentrated awareness of surroundings
perceptiveness · awareness · understanding · engagement · consideration · sensitivity · intuition · approachability · amenable · welcoming
eagerness
Intense willingness to act
- readinessState of being prepared
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
amenability · agreeableness · compliance · volition · zeal · enthusiasm · inclination · assent · acquiescence · accommodation
wheelchair
Seated conveyance for mobility-impaired
universal · assistive · elevator · accommodation · inclusion · adaptive · barrier-free · navigable · reachable · approachable
perestroika
Soviet reform initiative
- USSRFormer communist superpower
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- liberalizationReducing state economic controls
Gorbachev · democratization · censorship · dissident · Soviet · thaw
- candorfrankness, directness, bluntness, candor, straightforwardness
- likable traitsfriendliness, amiability, affability, agreeableness, likability
- mental skillsmemory, intelligence, focus, concentration, reasoning
- sociabilityfriendliness, sociability, extroversion, congeniality, affability
- confessionsconfession, admission, true confession, deathbed confession, divulgence
- tolerancetolerance, forbearance, patience, understanding, empathy
opennesssecretiveness
Inclination to conceal
secrecy · concealment · evasiveness · reticence · guardedness
opennessclosed-mindedness
Refusal to consider other views
narrow-mindedness · intolerance · rigidity · dogmatism · conventionality
opennessreserve
Supply kept back
aloofness · withdrawal · coldness · standoffishness · shyness
open, opening, openly, opened, closeness, opens, opener, reopen, unopened