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CLARITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of clear water
Example:
when she awoke the clarity was back in her eyes
Synonyms:
clarity; clearness; uncloudedness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("clarity" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Attribute:
clear (allowing light to pass through)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clarity"):
transparence; transparency; transparentness (the quality of being clear and transparent)
semitransparency; translucence; translucency (the quality of allowing light to pass diffusely)
visibility (capability of providing a clear unobstructed view)
distinctness; sharpness (the quality of being sharp and clear)
Antonym:
opacity (the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light)
Derivation:
clear (allowing light to pass through)
clear (free from clouds or mist or haze)
clear (affording free passage or view)
clear ((of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression
Synonyms:
clarity; clearness; limpidity; lucidity; lucidness; pellucidity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("clarity" is a kind of...):
comprehensibility; understandability (the quality of comprehensible language or thought)
Attribute:
clear (readily apparent to the mind)
unclear (not clear to the mind)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clarity"):
monosemy (having a single meaning (absence of ambiguity) usually of individual words or phrases)
focus (maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea)
clearcutness; preciseness (clarity as a consequence of precision)
perspicuity; perspicuousness; plainness (clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous)
unambiguity; unequivocalness (clarity achieved by the avoidance of ambiguity)
explicitness (clarity as a consequence of being explicit)
Antonym:
obscurity (the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand)
Derivation:
clear (readily apparent to the mind)
clear (accurately stated or described)
clear (easily deciphered)
Context examples:
Your therapist can lead you to a new perspective and a sense of closure and clarity.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
In Lake Victoria, for example, decreased water clarity has affected the reproduction of endemic cichlid fish, leading to the disappearance of dozens of species.
(Ancient lakes: eyes into the past, and the future, National Science Foundation)
This would be an ideal time to see a psychotherapist if you want to get clarity about something that has been troubling you.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Realizing not every Cancer is ready or willing to wed, an eclipse in the opposite sign, as you had on December 25, and then in your own sign, as you will have January 10, will bring clarity and help you sort through your emotions.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
