EXPLICITNESS Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

explicitness

noun

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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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 The film frankly depicts the extreme sub-dom relationship that Erika lures Elliot into, peppered with Araki’s trademark playful-surrealism while committed to a certain, refreshing explicitness. —

David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 23 Jan. 2026 While Western societies tend to favor clear, direct communication, Haque said non-Western cultures often view such explicitness as disrespectful, meaning people with roots in those cultures learn to strike a delicate balance between appeasing a difficult elder and staying true to oneself. —

Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 25 Nov. 2025 In a season dominated by a search for sensuality without explicitness, fringe delivered a fresh solution. —

Alex Badia, Footwear News, 19 Nov. 2025 However, Swift's explicitness pales in comparison to the amount of profanity across the music industry, research shows. —

Melina Khan, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025 Evans’ gritty drama will undoubtedly turn off sensitive viewers given its explicitness. —

Randy Myers, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025 Getting or ‘recruiting’ such help can be done with various verbal and embodied actions ranging in explicitness. —

IEEE Spectrum, 22 Jan. 2021

Recent Examples of Synonyms for explicitness

Noun

Carol’s identity is linked nearly always to her reactions to either man, and their inner lives are given a level of specificity and attention that Carol’s isn’t.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
For all its talk of shocking Gen-Z specificity, Levinson’s TV show has also ushered its mostly teen cast into adulthood without answering many questions that are key to the coming-of-age subgenre.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2026