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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If Welch’s considerable foibles have been dropped from the legend, the timeline bungled, the alcoholism and probable mental illness minimized, the use of racial epithets and the overt misogyny ignored, his death fetishized into a form of transfiguration . . .
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Brendan Fitzgerald, Longreads, 26 June 2025
For every regime change at the hands of Americans that went well—think Adolf Hitler’s exit from Germany and Benito Mussolini from Italy—there are multitudes that went off the rails: six overt attempts during the Cold War and another 64 in covert operations.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 19 June 2025
Of course, Andrew DeYoung’s Friendship, which premiered at TIFF last fall and opens wide this weekend, does not make any overt attempt to answer this question.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 22 May 2025
The cover of Carpenter’s Man’s Best Friend isn’t an overt homage to Playing Possum, but Simon has been recognized by modern pop stars.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2025
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Brendan Fitzgerald, Longreads, 26 June 2025
For every regime change at the hands of Americans that went well—think Adolf Hitler’s exit from Germany and Benito Mussolini from Italy—there are multitudes that went off the rails: six overt attempts during the Cold War and another 64 in covert operations.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 19 June 2025
Of course, Andrew DeYoung’s Friendship, which premiered at TIFF last fall and opens wide this weekend, does not make any overt attempt to answer this question.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 22 May 2025
The cover of Carpenter’s Man’s Best Friend isn’t an overt homage to Playing Possum, but Simon has been recognized by modern pop stars.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2025
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“Overt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overt. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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overt
adjective
: open to view : not secret
overt hostility
overtly
adverb
overtness
noun
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