elucidation
Shedding light on
Elucidation is the act of making something clear or explaining it.
The word carries a sense of illumination—shedding light on what was obscure or confusing: The professor's elucidation of the theorem helped students understand it.
You might seek elucidation of a contract's terms or offer elucidation of your motives.
Making meaning plain
- explicationDetailed interpretive analysis
- expositionSystematic explanatory presentation
- interpretationAssigned meaning
- exegesisCritical textual interpretation
commentary · annotation · illustration · description · definition · delineation · decoding · translation
Critical textual interpretation
- hermeneuticsStudy of interpretation methods
- annotationAdded explanatory comment
- glossShine or annotation
- footnoteCitation at page bottom
Mental comprehension of something
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
- realizationGrasping what's true
- illuminationProvision of light
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
discovery · apprehension · grasp · discernment · cognizance · perception · awareness · recognition
Plainness of expression
- intelligibilityQuality of being understood
- comprehensibilityClarity of meaning
- transparencyState of being see-through
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
explicitness · distinctness · coherence · clearness · plainness · simplicity · accessibility · readability
clarification
Making meaning plain
- explicationDetailed interpretive analysis
- expositionSystematic explanatory presentation
- interpretationAssigned meaning
exegesis · commentary · annotation · illustration · description · definition · delineation · decoding · translation · detailing
exegesis
Critical textual interpretation
- hermeneuticsStudy of interpretation methods
- annotationAdded explanatory comment
- glossShine or annotation
understanding
Mental comprehension of something
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
- realizationGrasping what's true
- illuminationProvision of light
revelation · discovery · apprehension · grasp · discernment · cognizance · perception · awareness · recognition · epiphany
perspicuity
Plainness of expression
- intelligibilityQuality of being understood
- comprehensibilityClarity of meaning
- transparencyState of being see-through
precision · explicitness · distinctness · coherence · clearness · plainness · simplicity · accessibility · readability · articulateness
- clarityclearness, clear, obvious, simplification, concise
- explanationswhy, how come, explication, what happened, definition
- interpretationinterpretive dance, translation, interpreting, translating, construing
- simplificationsimplification, simplifying, simplify, condensing, simplified
- exhibition termstrade show, fair, exhibit, gallery, showcase
elucidationobfuscation
Deliberate concealment through confusion
mystification · obscuring · concealment · confusion · clouding
elucidationcomplication
Factor that adds difficulty
confounding · entanglement · muddling · complexification · convolution
elucidationenigma
Something hard to fathom
mystery · muddle · puzzle · perplexity · bewilderment