Openture
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Refraining from seeking a resolution or ending for an emotionally difficult experience. uncountable
"Still, the writer and director jokingly cautions that Serenity is not the start of a trilogy. “If I never got to shoot anything of Serenity again, I would still feel that I had told my story and I had given the actors what they needed and the fans what they needed and myself what I needed. There is closure here. But having killed Buffy twice, I’m also a great proponent of openture.""
Example
More examples"Still, the writer and director jokingly cautions that Serenity is not the start of a trilogy. “If I never got to shoot anything of Serenity again, I would still feel that I had told my story and I had given the actors what they needed and the fans what they needed and myself what I needed. There is closure here. But having killed Buffy twice, I’m also a great proponent of openture.""
Etymology
Blend of open + closure.
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