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VIVIDNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue
Synonyms:
chroma; intensity; saturation; vividness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("vividness" is a kind of...):
color property (an attribute of color)
Holonyms ("vividness" is a substance of...):
chromatic color; chromatic colour; spectral color; spectral colour (a color that has hue)
Derivation:
vivid ((of color) having the highest saturation)
vivid (having strong or striking color)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Interest and variety and intensity
Example:
the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("vividness" is a kind of...):
interest; interestingness (the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.))
Attribute:
colorful; colourful (having much or varied color)
colorless; colourless (weak in color; not colorful)
Derivation:
vivid (having the clarity and freshness of immediate experience)
vivid (evoking lifelike images within the mind)
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