open-earedness

English

Etymology

From open-eared +‎ -ness.

Noun

open-earedness (uncountable)

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

   Antonym: closed-earedness

   • 2017, David J. Hargreaves, Arielle Bonneville-Roussy, “What is 'open-earedness', and how can it be measured?”, in Musicae Scientiae, volume 22, number 2, Thousand Oaks, C.A.: SAGE Publishing, →DOI, →ISSN:

     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)

   • 2020 January 23, Jon Caramanica, “Will Lizzo Rule the Grammys Like She Owned 2019?”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 2023-01-30:

     In a year when the Grammys were looking to display an embrace of difference, a modicum of open-earedness, a sense that the show is taking place in the present day and not being hologrammed in from a decade or two earlier, it would have been difficult to invent a musician better suited to the situation than Lizzo.

   • 2023 February 20, Timothy McKenry, “Why do we stop exploring new music as we get older?”, in The Conversation‎^[2], archived from the original on 2023-03-01:

     Until around the age of 11, children are generally happy to engage with unfamiliar music. Early adolescence sees a reduction in open-earedness, but is accompanied by an intense increase in interest in music more generally. Open-earedness increases slightly during young adulthood, then declines as we age.