Open-earedness

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being open-eared; a willingness or interest in listening to new styles of music. uncountable

    "The links between open-earedness and age found in LeBlanc (1991), that is, the dip in open-earedness found in the middle of childhood and early adolescence, and its rebound in early adulthood, mirror the findings in the development of openness to experience in childhood and adulthood (Soto, John, Gosling, & Potter, 2011)"

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"The links between open-earedness and age found in LeBlanc (1991), that is, the dip in open-earedness found in the middle of childhood and early adolescence, and its rebound in early adulthood, mirror the findings in the development of openness to experience in childhood and adulthood (Soto, John, Gosling, & Potter, 2011)"

Etymology

From open-eared + -ness.

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