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clearheadedness

noun

as in lucidity

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clearheadedness
  1. lucidity
  2. normalcy
  3. normality
  4. soundness
  5. healthiness
  6. health
  7. healthfulness
  8. wholesomeness
Noun
  • Netizens were quick to joke about out the unusual outage affecting almost every major AI chatbot service, describing a momentary glimpse of lucidity for a society obsessed with a tech that’s deteriorating our cognitive abilities.
    — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 3 Sep. 2026
  • To catch them in a moment of lucidity and bring them to the free clinic already felt like a lucky break.
    — Eric Boodman, STAT, 31 July 2026
Definition of lucidity
Noun
  • This fascinatingly banal aftermath forces the reader to confront the normalcy of such horror in a world where approximately seven per cent of American adults have been at the scene of a mass shooting.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • This includes a three-part National Geographic series focused on reunions between survivors and rescuers as well as a two-hour MLB Network effort exploring how baseball helped restore a sense of normalcy to the nation after the attacks.
    — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of normalcy
Noun
  • The crimson hue that may have been visible at the height of the eclipse will gradually fade as the crescent of the lunar disk exposed to direct sunlight grows, and normality reasserts itself over the natural satellite.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2026
  • By the time the world returned to relative normality, her priorities had shifted.
    — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of normality
Noun
  • The court is confident in the soundness of the proceedings and the integrity of the judges.
    — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • This project might strike you as dystopian and disturbing, or exciting and encouraging – and its ethical soundness comes down to a few key factors, several experts told CNN.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Definition of soundness
Noun
  • Unfortunately, Americans have proved themselves to be suckers for packaging that conveys a food’s healthiness, Bragg said.
    — Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 23 Aug. 2025
Definition of healthiness
Noun
  • The group claims that HIV treatment has improved in the decades since the military initially categorized HIV as a health problem that disqualifies someone from enlistment.
    — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Companies and health systems that treat ambient documentation as a pure software problem (deploy it, minimize edits and measure only time saved) are more likely to discover the limits the hard way.
    — Pat Williams, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of health
Noun
  • Ultimately, the healthfulness of the meal depends on everything on your plate—not just the chicken itself.
    — Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Protein Bars While protein is a go-to food for weight loss, the healthfulness of protein bars varies significantly.
    — Sarah Anzlovar, Verywell Health, 4 July 2026
Definition of healthfulness
Noun
  • Emma’s resistance to the bland wholesomeness of recovery spaces speaks to a familiar cultural trope across media, in films and television shows; that sobriety is where flamboyance goes to die.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
  • But after seven episodes wearing down the viewer with a bleak perspective, in the season finale, Euphoria pulls itself out of its own somber patterns to reach for grace and mercy in Christian symbolism, American wholesomeness, and the concept of family.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 1 June 2026
Definition of wholesomeness
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