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PERSPICUITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does perspicuity mean?
• PERSPICUITY (noun)
The noun PERSPICUITY has 1 sense:
1. clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous
Familiarity information: PERSPICUITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
perspicuity; perspicuousness; plainness
Hypernyms ("perspicuity" is a kind of...):
clarity; clearness; limpidity; lucidity; lucidness; pellucidity (free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression)
Derivation:
perspicuous ((of language) transparently clear; easily understandable)
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