open letter

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open letter

noun open letters

  1. A letter addressed to one person, or more, but published (as for example in a newspaper) for the public to read. For months, Dati warned she would refuse to stand aside. Now she has stunned the political class with an open letter to Fillon in Le Monde, a scathing character assassination accusing him of the "lone ambition" of a disillusioned political elite, of doing politics in a way that "never favoured women

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noun published letter

日本語公開状 kōkaijō, 公開書簡 kōkai shokan
中文公開信 /公开信 gōngkāixìn
Françaislettre ouverte
Deutschoffener Brief
Românăscrisoare deschisă
Русскийоткры́тое письмо́ otkrýtoje pisʹmó
Tiếng Việtbức thư ngỏ

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@misc{open_letter_2026,
  title = {open letter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/open%20letter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}