outspokenness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English outspoken Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English outspokenness From outspoken + -ness.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The quality of being outspoken.
“I have learned the hard way,” she crybabied this week, “that we have to be fearless and loud in order to be heard, and to prepare for the backlash that occasionally comes with that outspokenness.”
2023 October 27, John Nolte, “Nolte: 'Hunger Games' Actress Rachel Zeigler Plays the Victim over 'Snow White' Backlash”, in Breitbart:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| outspokennesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |