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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.
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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
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
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But McGee’s stories have always been charming in their maximalist exuberance and their nationalist specificity.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
4 May 2026
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Out of the jungle, in modern society, Thorne previously explored similar ideas with urgent specificity.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
4 May 2026
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This transcript was automatically generated, and then edited for clarity in its current form.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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In an interview edited for length and clarity, Campbell talked about the band’s best-selling 1980 debut, how Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders discovered UB40, and how the multiracial reggae group was initially accepted more in Jamaica than at home.—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
7 May 2026
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This was the most straightforward, efficient episode of the season, pleasurable in its simplicity, with only one gimmick (the to-go orders) that barely made a difference to the episode’s outcome.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2026
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That simplicity is an advantage that baseball has over hockey, where everything moves so much faster and the plays don’t happen in discrete chunks.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Explicitness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/explicitness. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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