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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 perspicuousplay

  Familiarity information: PERSPICUITY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PERSPICUITY (noun)


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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