explicit
ex|plic|it /ɪkspl'ɪsɪt/
1 [ADJ]
Something that is explicit is expressed or shown clearly and openly, without any attempt to hide anything.
...sexually explicit scenes in films and books.
...explicit references to age in recruitment advertising.
= overt
≠ implicit
● explicitly [ADV] ADV with v, ADV adj
The play was the first commercially successful work dealing explicitly with homosexuality...
● explicitness [N-UNCOUNT]
When the book was published, the energy and explicitness caught the popular imagination.
2 [ADJ] v-link ADJ, oft ADJ about n
If you are explicit about something, you speak about it very openly and clearly.
He was explicit about his intention to overhaul the party's internal voting system.
● explicitly [ADV] ADV with v
She has been talking very explicitly about AIDS to these groups.
1 [ADJ]
Something that is explicit is expressed or shown clearly and openly, without any attempt to hide anything.
...sexually explicit scenes in films and books.
...explicit references to age in recruitment advertising.
= overt
≠ implicit
● explicitly [ADV] ADV with v, ADV adj
The play was the first commercially successful work dealing explicitly with homosexuality...
● explicitness [N-UNCOUNT]
When the book was published, the energy and explicitness caught the popular imagination.
2 [ADJ] v-link ADJ, oft ADJ about n
If you are explicit about something, you speak about it very openly and clearly.
He was explicit about his intention to overhaul the party's internal voting system.
● explicitly [ADV] ADV with v
She has been talking very explicitly about AIDS to these groups.