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manifestness

manifestness

7.2
How clear and easy it is to see or understand something
  • noun
  • /ˈmænɪfɛstnəs/
translation icon : manifiestidad
  • The manifestness of her emotions was evident in her expressive face.

Examples

  • That is, it is impossible for the animal to understand the Being of beings because it is incapable of opening up to the manifestness of beings as beings.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The animal, in fact, lives beyond any possibility of alternating between world openness and closedness because it lacks the world as a manifestness of beings to which it may or may not have access.

    Academic text (2017)
  • But rather somewhere on the outside, in the socially given reality of language, in its manifestness in the poetry of the everyday.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Such being taken is open to manifold forms of disinhibition, but this openness is precisely not the manifestness of anything that behavior could relate to as beings.

    Academic text (2017)
  • In the bright sunlight, the manifestness of the rainbow was breathtaking.

  • His confusion about the topic only increased as the manifestness of the argument became clearer.

Synonyms

obviousness
vsmanifestness
3 2.9

The quality of being easy to see or understand

is a broader quality that includes being clear and easily perceived
perspicuity
vsmanifestness
  • Formal
1 9.5

A clear and simple way of saying something so people understand

is broader, applying to clear perception beyond just expression
distinctness
vsmanifestness
1 5.5

How clear and easy to recognize a shape or sound is

is about general obviousness rather than only sharp separation
conspicuousness
vsmanifestness
1 6.8

How easy something is to see or notice

is about being clear or obvious rather than simply drawing notice
apparency
vsmanifestness
9.5

Being easy to see or understand

focuses more generally on the overall quality of being clear to observers
apparentness
vsmanifestness
6.8

How easy something is to see or understand

applies more widely to the general state of clear perception
patency
vsmanifestness
9.9

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

is the general trait of being clear, not only being observable
overtness
vsmanifestness
5.2

A way of being open and easy to understand

covers both open expression and general clear perception
perspicuousness
vsmanifestness
  • Formal
9.9

Clear and easy to understand in writing or speech

extends that clarity to general perceptual obviousness as well
clearcutness
vsmanifestness
8.8

How clear and easy to understand something is

is less about sharp definition and more about overall clarity
discernability
vsmanifestness
7.5

How easy it is to see or tell things apart

is the overall quality of being clear rather than just separable
detectability
vsmanifestness
6.7

How easy it is to notice or find something

emphasizes clear meaning and obvious perception rather than simple sensing
noticeability
vsmanifestness
4.9

How easy it is to see or understand something

is broader, covering being obvious in meaning as well as sight
noticeableness
vsmanifestness
4.8

How easy something is to see or understand

stresses the general attribute of being clear to perception
visibleness
vsmanifestness
7.2

How easy it is to see something

covers visibility but also includes being obvious in meaning

Antonyms

57 6.3

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

5 7.4

Hard to understand or see, making people feel confused

How Clear

obviousness
3 2.9
manifestness
7.2
clarity
152 3.0
subtlety
54 6.8
obscurity
5 7.4

Surface Forms

manifestness singular

Morphology

manifestness = manifest (transparent) = manifest + ness

Standard noun formation from the adjective 'manifest' using the productive suffix '-ness', yielding 'the quality of being manifest'.

Etymology

Manifestness comes from the adjective manifest, which traces back to the Latin root manus meaning 'hand', so the old idea was something you could 'take in the hand' and clearly see. So manifestness means the quality of being 'clear' or 'obvious', and you can remember the root by thinking of manual (a 'hand' book) to make the connection.