publicness

American  

[puhb-lik-nis] / ˈpʌb lɪk nɪs /

noun

1. the quality or state of being public or being owned by the public.

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Etymology

Origin of publicness

First recorded in 1595–1605; public + -ness

Example Sentences

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 problem is that you can’t rely on the “not private” notion of publicness to justify data collection, use, or disclosure.

From Slate • May 19, 2016

We should be more critical of appeals to the publicness of data to justify its collection, use, and disclosure.

From Slate • May 19, 2016

Were not his objections as to the publicness of the place, I asked him, as strong now as before?

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3 by Richardson, Samuel