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OUTSPOKENNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The trait of being blunt and outspoken
Synonyms:
frankness; outspokenness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("outspokenness" is a kind of...):
communicativeness (the trait of being communicative)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "outspokenness"):
bluffness (good-natured frankness)
Derivation:
outspoken (given to expressing yourself freely or insistently)
outspoken (characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion)
