explicitness

explicitness
explicit ADJECTIVE 1) clear and detailed, with no room for confusion or doubt. 2) graphically describing or representing sexual activity.
DERIVATIVES explicitly adverb explicitness noun.
ORIGIN from Latin explicare 'unfold' .

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  • Explicitness — Ex*plic it*ness, n. The quality of being explicit; clearness; directness. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • explicitness — noun see explicit …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • explicitness — noun The state of being explicit Ant: implicitness …   Wiktionary

  • explicitness — n. unequivocalness, quality of being free from ambiguity …   English contemporary dictionary

  • explicitness — ex·plic·it·ness …   English syllables

  • explicitness — See: explicit …   English dictionary

  • explicitness — noun clarity as a consequence of being explicit • Ant: ↑inexplicitness • Derivationally related forms: ↑explicit • Hypernyms: ↑clarity, ↑lucidity, ↑lucidness, ↑pellucidity, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • writing — /ruy ting/, n. 1. the act of a person or thing that writes. 2. written form: to commit one s thoughts to writing. 3. that which is written; characters or matter written with a pen or the like: His writing is illegible. 4. such characters or… …   Universalium

  • explicit — adjective Etymology: French or Medieval Latin; French explicite, from Medieval Latin explicitus, from Latin, past participle of explicare Date: 1607 1. a. fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity ; leaving no… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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