open society
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈoʊpən səˈsaɪəti/
- Formal
:
sociedad abierta
- In an open society, people are free to express their opinions without fear of censorship.
- a free and open society
- a democratic and open society
- a more open society
We've got to make it happen, and we've got to make sure that our open societies are able to deliver.
- We've got to make it happen, and we've got to make sure that our open societies are able to deliver.
- Capitalism private property is necessary, although not sufficient to a free and open society.
- So long way of saying I believe in open societies.
- And they are also debasing the integrity of the nation states, the open societies.
- He's an acolyte of Karl Popper, who was a very famous philosopher Jew who started the open society.
Examples
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We've got to make it happen, and we've got to make sure that our open societies are able to deliver.
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The European Union has the potential to become the prototype of an open society.
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But in an open society, from that you can learn lessons and advance.
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In an open society, the state will reflect the character of the society.
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In the new vision, Singapore was to become a more open society.
Academic text (2003) -
Even Athens, the first open society in the world, had a free speech trial.
Blog text (6) -
In a free and open society, we don't need a reason to make things legal.
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And what they call the inherent weakness of open societies and free economies, we know is the source of our strength.
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The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society.
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The nascent trend toward democracy and open society will place Baghdad more in the Western camp than in Tehran's.
Academic text (2011)
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a society in which members enjoy significant political and civil freedoms' is directly and transparently built from 'open' (receptive to new ideas, candid) combined with 'society' (a community). This compositional interpretation follows ordinary adjective + noun semantics and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words is likely to infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Open society uses a simple picture: the word open (not closed) with society (a group of people), like a town with doors and gates left open so people and ideas can move freely. That's why open society means a place where people have 'freedom' to speak, meet, and take part in public life.