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ELUCIDATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding
Example:
the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook
Synonyms:
clarification; elucidation; illumination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("elucidation" is a kind of...):
interpretation (an explanation that results from interpreting something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "elucidation"):
disambiguation (clarification that follows from the removal of ambiguity)
Derivation:
elucidate (make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear)
elucidate (make clear and (more) comprehensible)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An act of explaining that serves to clear up and cast light on
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("elucidation" is a kind of...):
explanation (the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible)
Derivation:
elucidate (make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear)
elucidate (make clear and (more) comprehensible)
