Definition of "overtness" [overtness]

• The state of being overt; openness. (noun)

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• "What is missing from Searle's characterization is the notion of overtness: The agent in question must not only make her intention to undertake a certain commitment manifest; she must also intend that that very intention be manifest."
• "If by “genuinely” you mean equally unpopular throughout the nation, and for the same reasons, then maybe, but I think you underestimate the unique regional nature of bigotry against AAs, the overtness (unashamedness) of their poor treatment by Southern states and the last resort nature of the 1964 federal law."
• "If by “genuinely” you mean equally unpopular throughout the nation, and for the same reasons, then maybe, but I think you underestimate the unique regional nature of bigotry against AAs, the overtness unashamedness of their poor treatment by Southern states and the last resort nature of the 1964 federal law."