1
as in specificity
careful thoroughness of detail
the explicitness of the instruction about human reproduction should be appropriate for the age of the students receiving it
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2
as in clarity
clearness of expression
the user's manual is written with such rare explicitness that the average consumer actually has a chance of understanding it
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Recent Examples of explicitness
Evans’ gritty drama will undoubtedly turn off sensitive viewers given its explicitness.
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
Randy Myers, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for explicitness
Noun
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For an art department, for a production designer, set decorator, costume designer and a cinematographer and hair and makeup even, having those specifics and being able to have those conversations to that degree of specificity is great.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Sep. 2025
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Every use case must be understood, every edge case respected and built with specificity.—
Divyaditya Shrivastava,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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However, these new glasses offer higher vision clarity.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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This interview has been edited for length and clarity.—
Kristen Baldwin September 2,
EW.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Was one of Forest’s virtues last season their relative simplicity, which will now be disrupted?—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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For now, the company is betting that simplicity will appeal to customers.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Explicitness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/explicitness. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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