publicnessn.
/ˈpʌblᵻknᵻs/, U.S. /ˈpəblɪknᵻs/ The quality, condition, or fact of being public; †the condition of being commonly accepted, prevalence; †fame, notoriety; †devotion to the public interest; (obsolete).
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society > society and the community > [noun] > fact of belonging to or affecting
publicness1605
society > society and the community > social attitudes > public-spiritedness > [noun]
civility1537
publicness1605
public spirit1649
public-spiritedness1652
citizenism1830
civism1832
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > generality or prevalence
coursec1325
publicness1605
rifeness1608
vulgaritya1613
vulgarnessa1613
prepotency1623
prevalency1648
prevalency1651
prevalence1682
prevailance1795
prevalent1867
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > state of being well-known > [noun]
notoriety1564
famousness1605
publicness1605
well-knownness1917
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > fact of being generally available
publicness1748
society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > openness or unconcealedness > [noun]
daylight1530
nakedness1600
publicness1748
1605 A. Wotton Answere Popish Pamphlet 16 The truth of beleefe depends not vpon the publicknes of an exposition, but vpon the soundnesse thereof.
1641 W. Hakewill Libertie of Subj. 137 The King may not exact money for passage in and out of his Court gates, because of the publikenesse of his Person.
a1680 J. Bargrave Pope Alexander VII (1867) i. xxxiv. 68 Pope Alexander VII. not enduring the publiqueness of this Cardinal's amours, sent him legate to Romania.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xxxi. 167 His objections as to the publicness of the place.
1765 Bk. Martyrs I. 232 [Ignatius' execution] was ordered to be at Rome, in hopes that the publicness thereof, might deter others from embracing Christianity.
1784 J. Goldie Gospel Recovered from Captive State V. viii. ii. 182 Peter, in thy zeal and publicness of spirit,..shall open the gospel dispensation to mankind.
1844 R. W. Emerson Young Amer. 20 The timidity of our public opinion is our disease, or, shall I say, the publicness of opinion, the absence of private opinion.
1849 H. D. Thoreau Week Concord & Merrimack Rivers 227 As we glided past at a distance, these out-door workmen appeared to have added some dignity to their labor by its very publicness.
1977 T. J. Cottle Private Lives & Public Accts. i. iii. 47 One is not attacking the concept of private ownership or safeguarding the First Amendment by supporting publicness at all costs.
1995 G. Vidal Palimpsest 19 None of us brought up in a world of such crude publicness tends to trust much of anyone.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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