Definition of "publicness" []

• The quality or state of being public. (noun)

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• "In his new book, Public Parts, American writer Jeff Jarvis makes the case for what he calls "publicness," an ethic of openness."
• ""All the gestures have to do with making good on the 'publicness' of public spaces," says Liz Diller of Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the architects overseeing the renovation."
• "NCLB is a driving force that decimates the "publicness" in public schools."