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
What all of these examples have in common is that policy concerns dictate the publicness of the data and not the other way around.
From Slate • May 19, 2016
But this definition of publicness breaks down quickly under scrutiny.
From Slate • May 19, 2016
There was a formality and publicness about it that kind of weakened my nerve.
From Options by Henry, O.
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