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explicitness



NOUN
distinctness
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Music industry experts have traditionally relied on large databases to analyze the lyrical and acoustic aspects of hit songs, including their tempo, explicitness and danceability.

From Scientific American Jun. 30, 2023

Some cruelties in wretched lives don’t need explicitness for us to grasp their impact.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 19, 2023

Both Prof Singh and Mr Harry point out that unlike other rappers, Moose Wala's music lacked the sexual explicitness often associated with hip-hop and especially rap and his music never objectified or degenerated women.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2022

Even she struggled to write well about dance: “Verbalization is apt to end in sterility, and the aesthetic experience” of actual dancing “eludes explicitness with a tantalizing facility.”

From New York Times Sep. 15, 2021

His poise, his explicitness, the assured presentation of verifiable detail impressed Nye—though, of course, the boy was lying.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote




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