overt
adjective
: open to view : manifest
overt hostility
overt symptoms of the disease
overt discrimination
both overt and covert military action
overtness
noun
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But with Trump’s overt hostility to all things IRA, scale-up is unlikely.
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Jim Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025
Violations of political sovereignty, from election meddling to regime change, may become not only more frequent but also more overt.
—Tanisha M. Fazal, Foreign Affairs, 21 Mar. 2025
In fact, 2016’s Zootopia had a more overt political message going on, and that was released at a time leading into the first Donald Trump presidency.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2025
Her research examines intergroup dynamics in complex, multi-level hierarchies, and factors that make overt discrimination challenging to detect.
—Harvard Business Review, 14 Mar. 2025
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Jim Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025
Violations of political sovereignty, from election meddling to regime change, may become not only more frequent but also more overt.
—Tanisha M. Fazal, Foreign Affairs, 21 Mar. 2025
In fact, 2016’s Zootopia had a more overt political message going on, and that was released at a time leading into the first Donald Trump presidency.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2025
Her research examines intergroup dynamics in complex, multi-level hierarchies, and factors that make overt discrimination challenging to detect.
—Harvard Business Review, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Overt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overt. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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overt
adjective
: open to view : not secret
overt hostility
overtly
adverb
overtness
noun
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