What is another word for open question?

Pronunciation: [ˈə͡ʊpən kwˈɛst͡ʃən] (IPA)

An open question is a type of question that allows for a wide range of possible answers. It is designed to encourage discussion, exploration, and critical thinking. However, there are many synonyms for the term "open question" that can be used interchangeably. These include: exploratory question, inquiry, open-ended question, probing question, and broad question. All of these phrases refer to the same type of question where there is no one right answer and responses can vary greatly depending on the individual's perspective and experience. Using these synonyms can help to diversify your language and encourage deeper conversations with others.

What are the hypernyms for Open question?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    inquiry, interrogation, query, request for information, inquiry about, request for data, request for knowledge.

Famous quotes with Open question

  • It is still an open question, however, as to what extent exposure really injures a performer.
    Harry Houdini
  • It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly.
    Margaret Mead
  • Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such who are in the institution wish to get out and such as are out wish to get in.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Hayek expressed the greatest praise for Popper. Whether this was Hayek’s ultimate view or a reflection of a deep, though subordinate, strain of personal modesty and humility that ran through him is an open question. Hayek’s support was vital in Popper’s career. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Hayek was involved with an unsuccessful effort to obtain the Nobel Prize in Literature for Popper.
    Alan O. Ebenstein
  • Whoever makes something having bought or contracted for all other held resources used in the process (transferring some of his holdings for these cooperating factors), is entitled to it. The situation is not one of something’s getting made, and there being an open question of who is to get it. Things come into the world already attached to people having entitlements over them.
    Robert Nozick

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