overt

Meaning

Adj

1. Open and not concealed or secret.
2. Disclosed.

Noun

An action or condition said to be detrimental to one’s own survival and thus unethical; the consciousness of such behaviour.

Synonyms

open

obvious

public

patent

evident

manifest

explicit

clear

undisguised

avowed

professed

unconcealed

apparent

frank

bald

barefaced

blazing

cleat

declared

head-on

light

official

plain

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ə(ʊ)ˈvɜːt/

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”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“away; from”) + *h₂wer- (“to cover, shut”). The English word is a doublet of apert and ouvert.