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The perfection of style consists in the use of the exact speech necessary to convey the sense in the fewest words consistent with perspicuity, at the same time having regard to appropriateness and harmony of expression. Its greater excellencies are directness, accuracy, appropriateness and perspicuity.
Joseph P. Bradley

Meaning of "perspicuity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PERSPICUITY

perspicuity  [ˌpɜːspɪˈkjuːɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERSPICUITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Perspicuity 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 PERSPICUITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of perspicuity in the English dictionary

The definition of perspicuity in the dictionary is the quality of being perspicuous. Other definition of perspicuity is acute perception; perspicacity.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERSPICUITY


acuity
əˈkjuːɪtɪ
ambiguity
ˌæmbɪˈɡjuːɪtɪ
annuity
əˈnjuːɪtɪ
assiduity
ˌæsɪˈdjuːɪtɪ
circuity
səˈkjuːɪtɪ
conspicuity
ˌkɒnspɪˈkjuːɪtɪ
contiguity
kɒntɪˈɡjuːɪtɪ
continuity
ˌkɒntɪˈnjuːɪtɪ
discontinuity
dɪsˌkɒntɪˈnjuːɪtɪ
fatuity
fəˈtjuːɪtɪ
fortuity
fɔːˈtjuːɪtɪ
gratuity
ɡrəˈtjuːɪtɪ
hyperacuity
ˌhaɪpərəˈkjuːɪtɪ
ingenuity
ˌɪndʒɪˈnjuːɪtɪ
innocuity
ˌɪnəˈkjuːɪtɪ
innocuousness
ˌɪnəˈkjuːɪtɪ
perpetuity
ˌpɜːpɪˈtjuːɪtɪ
promiscuity
ˌprɒmɪˈskjuːɪtɪ
stereoacuity
ˌstɛrɪəʊæˈkjuːɪtɪ
vacuity
væˈkjuːɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERSPICUITY

perspective
perspectively
perspectivism
perspectivist
Perspex
perspicacious
perspicaciously
perspicaciousness
perspicacity
perspicuous
perspicuously
perspicuousness
perspirable
perspirate
perspiration
perspiratory
perspire
perspiring
perspiringly
perspiry

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERSPICUITY

antiquity
biscuity
congruity
deferred annuity
employment equity
equity
fruity
immediate annuity
in perpetuity
incongruity
inequity
iniquity
life annuity
negative equity
obliquity
private equity
propinquity
superfluity
tenuity
ubiquity

Synonyms and antonyms of perspicuity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PERSPICUITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «perspicuity» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of perspicuity

Translation of «perspicuity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PERSPICUITY

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

Translator English - Chinese

明晰
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

perspicuidad
570 millions of speakers

English

perspicuity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

perspicuity
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الصفاء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

perspicuity
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

perspicuidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সুস্পষ্টতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

clarté
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesilapan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Klarheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

明快さ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

명쾌
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Perspicuity
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự dể hiểu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தெளிவுகுறித்தே
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुबोधता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

belli olma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

perspicuità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

perspicuity
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

perspicuity
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

perspicacitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

perspicuity
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

duidelikheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

perspicuity
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Perspicuity
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of perspicuity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERSPICUITY»

The term «perspicuity» is regularly used and occupies the 96.370 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PERSPICUITY» OVER TIME

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

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QUOTES WITH «PERSPICUITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word perspicuity.
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Joseph P. Bradley
The perfection of style consists in the use of the exact speech necessary to convey the sense in the fewest words consistent with perspicuity, at the same time having regard to appropriateness and harmony of expression. Its greater excellencies are directness, accuracy, appropriateness and perspicuity.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERSPICUITY»

Discover the use of perspicuity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to perspicuity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Scriptural Perspicuity in the Early English Reformation in ...
This book critically surveys the doctrine of scriptural perspicuity from the beginning of the Church in the first century (noted as early as John Chrysostom) through the seventeenth century, examining its impact on the current debates ...
Richard M. Edwards, 2009
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Fideism and Wittgenstein's Ethic of Perspicuity
Some of these texts such as private diaries and correspondence were never intended for publication. Yet these important but problematic texts should be read against central themes of the texts Wittgenstein prepared for publication.
Thomas Donald Carroll, 2009
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Eighteenth-century British and American Rhetorics and ...
Nevertheless, Watson's singling out "perspicuity" and "propriety" particularly demonstrates his eighteenth-century orientation. Kames, for example, speaking of communication of thought as the chief end of language, made it a rule that ...
Michael G. Moran, 1994
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Systematic Theology
THE PERSPICUITY OF SCRIPTURE. In the estimation of Rome the Bihle is obscure, and is badly in need of interpretation even in matters of faith and practice. It contains deep mysteries, such as the doctrine of the Trinity, of the incarnation, ...
Louis Berkhof, 1996
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Holy Scripture
A religious clarity was confessed concerning the good news for sinners. It is not until post-Reformation theology that a shift occurred: for the idea of perspicuity is then applied to the words of Scripture, particularly in their semantic function.
G. C. Berkouwer, Jack B. Rogers, 1975
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Homiletics: or, The theory of preaching
negative, that is to say, do not consist in the aosence of fault* ; propriety, precision, even perspicuity, may become virtues of style, when carried to a certain point. § 1. Perspicuity. If we consider the first or proximate end of discourse, we cannot, ...
Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet, Thomas Harvey Skinner, 1870
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Foundations of Contemporary Interpretation
In a carefully nuanced discussion of the clarity or obscurity of the Bible, Moises Silva notes that the doctrine of perspicuity, while not exempt from challenge or misunderstanding, is nevertheless a necessary corrective to the dispiriting ...
V. Philips Long, Moisés Silva, 1996
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Describing Ourselves : Wittgenstein and Autobiographical ...
But if so, Cavell asks if the kind of perspicuity Wittgenstein is pursuing is the kind found in a formal proof. And if the answer to that is affirmative, is Wittgenstein's centrally significant methodological remark concerning perspicuity 'meant to signal ...
Garry Hagberg, 2008
9
Questions and exercises adapted to Hiley's English grammar, ...
PERSPICUITY OF STYLE. Exercise 90. -lesson 90.— Pars. 615 to 626.— p. 221. Perspicuity of Style. i 1. Questions. — 615, 616. Describe Style. Name the qualities which depend on the mental constitution of each writer, — those which are ...
Richard Hiley, 1867
10
English Grammar: Style, Rhetoric, and Poetry ; to which are ...
The principal qualities of a good Style, are Perspicuity and Energy; and, next in importance, Eleganve, PERSPICuITY OF STYLE. Perspicuity of Style implies the use of such words and phrases, and such an arrangement of them, as shall ...
Richard Hiley, 1846

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERSPICUITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term perspicuity is used in the context of the following news items.
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Today in History for July 7, 2015
Thought for Today: "Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, when the defect ... «KATC Lafayette News, Jul 15»
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Today in History
Thought for today: “Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, ... «HeraldNet, Jul 15»
3
Today in history: Four hanged for conspiring to kill President Lincoln
Thought for Today: "Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory ... «Gaston Gazette, Jul 15»
4
Reading the Bible Jesus' Way: Where That Leaves Us? (Xlll)
Smith defines Biblicism as “…a theory about the Bible that emphasizes together its exclusive authority, infallibility, perspicuity, self-sufficiency, ... «mySteinbach.ca, Jun 15»
5
Microsoft crowns first female Apprentice of the Year: "Girls can have …
"In a very strong field of employers nominated by their own apprentices, Perspicuity was commended for the way it supports new apprentices, ... «PCR-online.biz, Jun 15»
6
Labour must confront the financial establishment
They were approached at first with compliments on their perspicuity and intelligence, and then with offers of permanent highly-paid posts ... «New Statesman, May 15»
7
Prayer Requests and Works of Mercy
The Perspicuity of Scripture and Other Creation Myths · I've Wasted my ... The Perspicuity of Scripture and Other Creation Myths · I've Wasted ... «Patheos, Apr 15»
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Nat'l Record Store Day footnote: my years at Sam Goody records
“Can't you tell by the level of mental perspicuity on this man's face what kind of singers he wants?” The man laughed and thanked us as Lou led ... «Radio Survivor, Apr 15»
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Niger Delta And The Imperative Of Intellectual Militancy
Hence, it is tantamount to sound cerebral perspicuity for there to be strategic repositioning, reorientation of logistics and re-orchestration of ... «Nigerian Observer, Apr 15»
10
UCLA Film and Television Archive screens Hou Hsiao-Hsien's movies
... location and geopolitical nuance has enabled him to explore very complex issues with a remarkable degree of perspicuity and deftness.”. «Daily Bruin, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Perspicuity [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/perspicuity>. Apr 2024 ».
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