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lucency

lucency

8.2
How clear and easy someone's words or ideas are to understand
  • noun
  • /luːˈsɛnsi/
translation icon : claridad
  • The lucency of his explanation made the complex topic much easier to grasp.

Examples

  • Her essay was praised for its lucency and logical structure.

  • His speech lacked lucency and left the audience confused.

  • Teachers value lucency in students' written work to ensure ideas are communicated clearly.

  • The lucency of her explanation made it easy to follow.

  • The lucency of his explanation made the complex topic much easier to grasp.

  • Her essay was praised for its lucency and logical structure.

  • Teachers value lucency in students' written work to ensure ideas are communicated clearly.

Synonyms

clarity
vslucency
152 3.0

How easy it is to understand what someone says or writes

is a near identical term stressing overall ease of understanding
comprehensibility
vslucency
1 4.2

How easy something is for people to understand

highlights clear thought and expression rather than only understandability
limpidity
vslucency
7.4

Clear and simple writing or speech that is easy to understand

is the general term for the same quality of being clear
pellucidity
vslucency
  • Formal
9.9

Clear speech or writing that makes ideas easy to understand

is the broad term for the same easy understandability
lucidness
vslucency
4.4

A clear and easy to understand way of speaking or writing

is the general label for that same quality
perspicuousness
vslucency
  • Formal
9.9

Clear and easy to understand in writing or speech

focuses on overall clear thought and expression rather than style only
clearcutness
vslucency
8.8

How clear and easy to understand something is

means being easy to understand in thought or expression, not only definiteness

Antonyms

389 1.8

A time when things are not organized and people do not know what to think or do

57 6.3

A lack of clear meaning that allows people to understand it in different ways

How Clear

clarity
152 3.0
lucency
8.2
obscurity
5 7.4
vagueness
8 6.1

Surface Forms

lucency singular
lucencies plural

Morphology

lucency = lucent (semi-transparent) = lucent + cy

The nominal meaning 'clarity of expression' is a metaphorical extension from light-related senses and may not be immediately inferable to all learners.

Etymology

Lucency comes from the Latin root luc- meaning 'light' or 'to shine'. That's why lucency in speech or writing means 'clarity', so the ideas are easy to see and understand.