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INEXPLICITNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does inexplicitness mean?
• INEXPLICITNESS (noun)
The noun INEXPLICITNESS has 1 sense:
1. unclearness by virtue of not being explicit
Familiarity information: INEXPLICITNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unclearness by virtue of not being explicit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("inexplicitness" is a kind of...):
unclearness (incomprehensibility as a result of not being clear)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inexplicitness"):
implicitness (inexplicitness as a consequence of being implied or indirect)
Antonym:
explicitness (clarity as a consequence of being explicit)
Derivation:
inexplicit (implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something)
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