OPEN SECRET

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something that is supposed to be secret but is generally known

Example:

their love affair was an open secret

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("open secret" is a kind of...):

secret (something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on))

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