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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

The quality or state of being public, or open to the view or notice of people at large; publicity; notoriety;

as, the

publicness

of a sale

The quality or state of belonging to the community;

as, the

publicness

of property

Boyle.

Noun.

The state of being public, or open to the view or notice of people at large; as the publicness of a sale.

State of belonging to the community; as the publicness of property.

publicness ‎(uncountable)