outspokenness

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noun

The quality of being outspoken.

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Meanings

nounoutspokenness (countable and uncountable, plural outspokennesses)

plural outspokennesses

  1. countableuncountableThe 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

    Synonyms: bluntness, frankness, candour

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe quality of being outspoken.

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe trait of being blunt and outspoken

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Origin

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APA

outspokenness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outspokenness

MLA

“outspokenness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outspokenness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outspokenness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outspokenness.

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