apparency

9.5

Being easy to see or understand

noun
/əˈpɛrənsɪ/

: apariencia

Her apparency during the presentation made it easy for everyone to understand the concept.

Examples

These factors, including species' dominance in vegetation and plant size, corroborated in plant apparency, are yet to be assessed properly.

Academic text (2008)
The apparency of the problem became clear after the team's discussion.
The apparency of the artwork attracted many visitors to the gallery.

Synonyms

visibility

vsapparency

54 2.8

How easy it is to see things, for example in fog

extends that idea to general obviousness beyond physical sight

obviousness

vsapparency

3 2.9

The quality of being easy to see or understand

leans slightly more toward plain understandability than visual focus

conspicuousness

vsapparency

1 6.8

How easy something is to see or notice

describes obviousness without necessarily implying attention or showiness

apparentness

vsapparency

6.8

How easy something is to see or understand

is the standard noun form with the same meaning

manifestness

vsapparency

7.2

How clear and easy it is to see or understand something

is a more formal label for the same clear quality

patency

vsapparency

9.9

How clear something is, making it easy to see or understand

is the common term for that same easily seen quality

noticeableness

vsapparency

4.8

How easy something is to see or understand

highlights the state of being obvious rather than who notices it

visibleness

vsapparency

7.2

How easy it is to see something

covers general obviousness as well as mere ability to be seen

detectability

vsapparency

6.7

How easy it is to notice or find something

is the everyday sense of being obvious rather than technical detection

observability

vsapparency

7.7

How easily sensors like radar can see or detect something

focuses on plain obviousness rather than instrument or sensor use

Antonyms

ambiguity

57 6.3

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

obscurity

33 7.4

A time when a person or thing is unknown and not noticed

How Clear

obviousness

3 2.9

clarity

152 3.0

apparency

9.5

obscurity

5 7.4

vagueness

8 6.1

Surface Forms

apparency singular

apparentcies plural

Morphology

apparency = apparent (semi-transparent) = apparent + ency

The noun denotes the state of being 'apparent', but the orthographic alternation from 'apparent' to 'apparency' (replacing -ent with -ency) may confuse learners.

Etymology

Apparency comes from the same root as appear, which means 'to come into view' or 'to be seen'. So, apparency is the quality of being clear, obvious, or visible.