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Insomnia is a vertiginous lucidity that can convert paradise itself into a place of torture.
Emil Cioran

Meaning of "lucidity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LUCIDITY

lucidity  [luːˈsɪdɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LUCIDITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lucidity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LUCIDITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lucidity

Lucidity may refer to: ▪ Lucidity, a 2006 album by Delain ▪ Lucidity, a three-day music festival in Southern California ▪ Lucidity, a song by Australian psychedelic rock band Tame Impala, also released as a single ▪ Lucidity, a 2009 side-scrolling puzzle platformer ▪ Lucidity, a 2010 web series about lucid dreaming...

Definition of lucidity in the English dictionary

The definition of lucidity in the dictionary is the quality of being lucid; clarity.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LUCIDITY


acidity
əˈsɪdɪtɪ
aridity
əˈrɪdɪtɪ
flaccidity
flæˈsɪdɪtɪ
fluidity
fluːˈɪdɪtɪ
humidity
hjuːˈmɪdɪtɪ
hyperacidity
ˌhaɪpərəˈsɪdɪtɪ
hypoacidity
ˌhaɪpəʊəˈsɪdɪtɪ
liquidity
lɪˈkwɪdɪtɪ
morbidity
mɔːˈbɪdɪtɪ
mucidity
ˌmjuːˈsɪdɪtɪ
pellucidity
ˌpɛluːˈsɪdɪtɪ
peracidity
ˌperəˈsɪdɪtɪ
placidity
pləˈsɪdɪtɪ
rancidity
rænˈsɪdɪtɪ
rigidity
rɪˈdʒɪdɪtɪ
stupidity
stjuːˈpɪdɪtɪ
subacidity
ˌsʌbəˈsɪdɪtɪ
translucidity
ˌtrænzluːˈsɪdɪtɪ
turbidity
tɜːˈbɪdɪtɪ
viscidity
vɪˈsɪdɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LUCIDITY

lucent
lucently
lucerne
lucha libre
luchot
Lucian
lucid
lucid dream
lucid dreamer
lucidly
lucidness
lucifer
luciferase
luciferin
luciferous
lucifugous
lucigen
Lucilius
Lucina
lucite

WORDS THAT END LIKE LUCIDITY

absolute humidity
avidity
comorbidity
face validity
frigidity
gravidity
hybridity
insipidity
intrepidity
invalidity
lividity
modulus of rigidity
nudity
putridity
rapidity
relative humidity
solidity
superfluidity
timidity
torridity
validity

Synonyms and antonyms of lucidity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lucidity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LUCIDITY

Find out the translation of lucidity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lucidity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lucidity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

明朗
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lucidez
570 millions of speakers

English

lucidity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्पष्टता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الوضوح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ясность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lucidez
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রাঞ্জলতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lucidité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jernih
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Klarheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

明快
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

명석
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lucidity
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tính minh mân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உள தெளிவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्पष्टता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

berraklık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lucidità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

klarowność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ясність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

luciditate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διαύγεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

helderheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

klarhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lucidity
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lucidity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LUCIDITY»

The term «lucidity» is regularly used and occupies the 72.576 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LUCIDITY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lucidity

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6 QUOTES WITH «LUCIDITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word lucidity.
1
Albert Camus
Basically, at the very bottom of life, which seduces us all, there is only absurdity, and more absurdity. And maybe that's what gives us our joy for living, because the only thing that can defeat absurdity is lucidity.
2
Emil Cioran
Insomnia is a vertiginous lucidity that can convert paradise itself into a place of torture.
3
Michael Eric Dyson
I think public intellectuals have a responsibility - to be self-critical on the one hand, to do serious, nuanced work rigorously executed; but to also be able to get off those perches and out of those ivory towers and speak to the real people who make decisions; to speak truth to power and the powerless with lucidity and eloquence.
4
Henry Flynt
I'm actually a great fan of lucidity.
5
Sidney Lumet
For any director with a little lucidity, masterpieces are films that come to you by accident.
6
Igor Stravinsky
I am in the present. I cannot know what tomorrow will bring forth. I can know only what the truth is for me today. That is what I am called upon to serve, and I serve it in all lucidity.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LUCIDITY»

Discover the use of lucidity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lucidity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Intelligence of Evil: Or, The Lucidity Pact
In tackling the rhetoric of the so-called "clash of civilizations" between a capitalist West and a fundamentalist religious Islam, the book also provides a summation of many of the most important themes of Baurdrillard's philosophical ...
Jean Baudrillard, 2013
2
Lucidity
He’s found the woman of his dreams—in the midst of his worst nightmare.
Raine Weaver, 2012
3
Wicked Lucidity
When Karri-Lynn O'Higgins is offered a small slice of normalcy, she goes for it unbeknownst to her following her destiny.
Mandy M. Roth, 2011
4
Loud Lucidity
Loud Lucidity All Rights Reserved Copyright © 2013 Anthony Marino All Rights Reserved .This book may not be reproduced, transmitted, or stored in Whole or in part by any means, including graphic, electronic, or mechanical Without the ...
Anthony Marino, 2013
5
Blanket of Lucidity
Anthony Marino. Blanket of Lucidity Anthony Marino Blanket of Lucidity All Rights Reserved Copyright © 2004 Anthony Title.
Anthony Marino, 2014
6
Mental Health In Literature: Literary Lunacy And Lucidity
The works are excellent descriptions and examples of different forms of mental illness and serve as fascinating alternatives to case studies. The work consists of eight chapters and each chapter is a selected DSM-IV-TR category.
Glenn Rohrer, 2005
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The New Kierkegaard
Not to the lucidity in which one recognizes that what seemed to be madness was not madness at all. That would be a return to the lucidity of the purely universal and to the possibility of communicating it directly. That would be a return to Hegel  ...
Elsebet Jegstrup, 2004
8
Demystifying the Out-Of-Body Experience: A Practical Manual ...
0% Lucidity: Unconsciousness • 20% Lucidity: Semiconsciousness • 40% Lucidity: Doubt • 60% Lucidity: Certainty • 80% Lucidity: Self-consciousness • 100 % Lucidity: Superconsciousness lucidity levels a projector can enjoy outside the body, ...
Luis Minero, 2012
9
Pointing Out the Dharmakaya
of both stillness and occurrence is lucidity-emptiness, what exactly does this mean? You examine this further. The seventh question is: If you think that the nature of both stillness and occurrence is lucidity-emptiness, then do thoughts become ...
Thrangu Rinpoche, 2003
10
Painterly Abstraction in Modernist American Poetry: The ...
Getting to that level of generality is one reason why I shall in a moment propose at the core of the development of Modernism a continuous conflict between principles of lucidity and desires to maintain the models of agency established within ...
Charles Altieri, 1989

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LUCIDITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lucidity is used in the context of the following news items.
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What info does your doctor share? : Lifestyles - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Then my aging brain had a moment of lucidity — an electric coffee grinder! It works perfectly and can handle several different pills at the same ... «STLtoday.com, Jul 15»
2
Notes, Hoaxes, and Jokes: Silkworm's 'Lifestyle' - "Contempt …
... the more we cling to a false lucidity, in hope of rationalizing what feelings have made murky.” The movie (Contempt) is a masterpiece, a high ... «PopMatters, Jul 15»
3
Quantic presents The Western Transient - A New Constellation …
... set about recreating the transient spontaneity of instrumental jazz and the lucidity of classic soul recordings where the studio band have been given free reign. «Clash Magazine, Jul 15»
4
Words fail us: dementia and the arts | Culture | The Guardian
With advanced dementia, a person goes to a place we cannot follow and can barely guess at. The bursts of lucidity that those with catastrophic ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
5
Dementia and the arts | GulfNews.com
The bursts of lucidity that those with catastrophic memory loss can sometimes have are like bright, sharp flashes of lightning over a blasted ... «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
6
Precise Performances by Young and Seasoned Artistes
Thyagaraja's Tanayuni brova had lyrical and emotional lucidity. A crisp Vara Narada in Vijayasri raga led to a comprehensive raga, tana and ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
7
The challenges of caregiving
Even when her meds are working, however, her mind comes into and out of lucidity. It's hard enough to provide extended care for a person who ... «Los Banos Enterprise, Jul 15»
8
Gardam to receive Charleston-Chichester Award
Her writing is sometimes compared with Jane Austen, due to the lucidity of her prose, powers of observation and understated wit. We are sure ... «The Bookseller, Jul 15»
9
Time for Socialism: the Perils of Fortune-Tellers
Cowardice and apathy counsel the former, lucidity and freedom the latter. [6]. It hardly needs underlining that cowardice and apathy are two ... «CounterPunch, Jul 15»
10
Documenting dad's dementia through photos and audio
My father is the most important person in my life, and I don't want to miss a moment of his remaining lucidity. It's devastating to talk to my father ... «Newsworks.org, Jul 15»

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