lucidity
A good word definition should be characterized by its lucidity, or clarity. In other words, it should be clear and easy to understand — like this one.
Lucidity comes from the Latin lucidus meaning “light, bright, clear.” Certainly when something is light, bright, and clear, it’s ripe with the quality of lucidity. An easy-to-read textbook is characterized by lucidity. A person too can possess a quality of lucidity, one that would allow her to express ideas as clearly as possible.
Definitions of lucidity
free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression
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synonyms:
clarity, clearness, limpidity, lucidness, pellucidity-
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abstruseness, obscureness, obscurity, reconditenessthe quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand
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unclearnessincomprehensibility as a result of not being clear
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monosemyhaving a single meaning (absence of ambiguity) usually of individual words or phrases
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focusmaximum clarity or distinctness of an idea
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clearcutness, precisenessclarity as a consequence of precision
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perspicuity, perspicuousness, plainnessclarity as a consequence of being perspicuous
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unambiguity, unequivocalnessclarity achieved by the avoidance of ambiguity
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explicitnessclarity as a consequence of being explicit
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type of:
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comprehensibility, understandabilitythe quality of comprehensible language or thought
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abstruseness, obscureness, obscurity, reconditeness
a lucid state of mind; not confused
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