Synonyms for open secret
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1. open secretnoun

   Synonyms:
   secret of Polichinelle

2. open secretnoun

   A fact that is widely known, but not acknowledged openly.

   Synonyms:
   secret of Polichinelle

3. open secretnoun

   Information that is not widely known, despite being freely available.

   Synonyms:
   secret of Polichinelle

Princeton's WordNet

1. open secretnoun

   something that is supposed to be secret but is generally known

   "their love affair was an open secret"

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1. Lena Dunham:

   I just want you to let you know that Harvey’s a rapist and this is going to come out at some point, i think it’s a really bad idea for him to host fund-raisers and be involved because it’s an open secret in Hollywood that he has a problem with sexual assault.

2. Rick Wilson:

   I’m not on gay Twitter so I don’t follow that set of dialogues. The fact that it was an open secret there does not make it something that we were aware of.

3. Albert Einstein:

   Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this counrty is closely related with this.

4. Bill Priestap:

   The Chinese's an open secret that relevant Bill Priestap government agencies have long engaged in large-scale and organized cyber theft and surveillance against foreign governments, companies and individuals, the' cyber theft' accusations against The Chinese by Bill Priestap are purely groundless counter-charges and can deceive no one but The Chinese.

5. John Scott-Railton:

   It is an open secret that many technologies branded for law enforcement investigations are used for state-on-state and political espionage.