overt
Pronunciation: /ə(ʊ)ˈvɜːt/
The English word “overt” has 3 meanings listed here.
adjective
noun
- An action or condition said to be detrimental to one’s own survival and thus unethical; the consciousness of such behaviour.
Etymology
From Middle English overt, uverte (“open, uncovered; unfastened; accessible, unobstructed; clear, manifest”), from Anglo-Norman overt, Middle French ouvert, Old French overt, ouvert, uvert (“opened”) (modern French ouvert), past participle of Anglo-Norman, Old French ovrir, ouvrir, uvrir (“to open”), from Late Latin operire, variant of Latin aperīre (“to open”), from aperiō (“to open, uncover”),…
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