explicit
adjective
fully and clearly expressed or demonstrated; leaving nothing merely implied; unequivocal.
explicitness
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a word derived from
explicit.
Example Sentences
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"And that's new in its explicitness, even if it's been the direction of travel for a while."
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025
Though I am often an avoider of scary films, Eggers’ impressive command of the medium, his delicately shocking sensibility and his determination to get maximum effect with minimal explicitness has won me over.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2024
Music industry experts have traditionally relied on large databases to analyze the lyrical and acoustic aspects of hit songs, including their tempo, explicitness and danceability.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 30, 2023
Even she struggled to write well about dance: “Verbalization is apt to end in sterility, and the aesthetic experience” of actual dancing “eludes explicitness with a tantalizing facility.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2021
His poise, his explicitness, the assured presentation of verifiable detail impressed Nye—though, of course, the boy was lying.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
