explicitness
- 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
“Shopping and …” by the H.I.V.-positive writer Mark Ravenhill matches its explicitness and ambivalence.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2017
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
