publicness
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of publicness
Example Sentences
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The activity in wimmelbooks also has a healthy, comfortable publicness, almost as if people on the pages realize the walls of their houses are transparent — and they don’t mind.
From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2018
“It’s just a caffeine delivery mechanism — there’s nothing much to it, in and of itself. It’s the consumption, the publicness of it.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 9, 2017
The collection, use, and disclosure of our personal information has too often been justified under the auspices of its publicness with little or no scrutiny.
From Slate • May 19, 2016
By itself, this concept of publicness has no exculpatory power.
From Slate • May 19, 2016
As we glided past at a distance, these out-door workmen appeared to have added some dignity to their labor by its very publicness.
From A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Thoreau, Henry David
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