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单词 lucidity
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lucidity

noun

lu·​cid·​i·​ty lü-ˈsi-də-tē How to pronounce lucidity (audio)
1
: clearness of thought or style
the lucidity of the explanation
2
: a presumed capacity to perceive the truth directly and instantaneously : clairvoyance
when the spirit is drawn to lucidity by the immediacy of death Graham Greene

Synonyms

  • clarity
  • explicitness
  • lucidness
  • perspicuity
  • perspicuousness
  • simplicity
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Example Sentences

the lucidity of the recipe should ensure a minimum of confusion
Recent Examples on the Web Climbing felt like a revelation, religious in its lucidity, a sanctuary from my pain and my past. Megan Starich, Outside Online, 24 Aug. 2022 This included his aides, advisors, congressional Republicans, his children, and, demonstrating rare moments of lucidity, Fox News personalities. Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 July 2022 Their performances are deeply moving; Lebrun, with slow and precise gestures as well as a keen, unyielding gaze, conjures the emotional lucidity, the heart, that survives her character’s mind. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2022 Under the direction of Nike Doukas, Linda Gehringer and Andrew Barnicle deliver affecting performances Like the tide that goes in and out at the shore of his Chesapeake Bay home, Gunner Concannon goes in and out of lucidity. David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2022 Top Stories Forget the clumsy White House reaction to Biden’s moment of lucidity. Matthew Continetti, National Review, 28 May 2022 However unsubtle the material, Neeson offers unforced glimmers of a soul lost to brutality as Alex wavers between a thickening mental fog and perfect lucidity when the plot demands it. Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Apr. 2022 The lucidity here is remarkable, as is the vividness of the metaphor. Chris Vognar, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2022 Kim-Tenser also pointed to feeling disoriented and drifting in and out of lucidity as indications of a real problem. Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1810, in the meaning defined at sense 1

lucidity

noun

as in clarity
clearness of expression the lucidity of the recipe should ensure a minimum of confusion

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • clarity
  • simplicity
  • perspicuity
  • lucidness
  • explicitness
  • incisiveness
  • directness
  • perspicuousness
  • forthrightness
  • straightforwardness
  • readability
  • intelligibility
  • incision
  • openness
  • legibility
  • comprehensibility
  • readableness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • unclarity
  • ambiguity
  • obscurity
  • opacity
  • impenetrability
  • opaqueness
  • obliqueness
  • unintelligibility
  • inscrutability
  • obliquity
  • incomprehensibility
  • indistinctness
  • incoherence
  • equivocation
  • ambiguousness
  • dimness
  • vagueness
  • indirectness
  • deviousness
  • fuzziness
  • obscureness
  • faintness
  • equivocalness
  • disjointedness
  • inscrutableness
  • muddiness
  • incomprehensibleness
  • unintelligibleness
  • nebulousness
  • circuitousness
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