lucidity

n.

[Cf. F. lucidité. See Lucid.]
The quality or state of being lucid.

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noun

1. The quality of being clear and easy to perceive or understand: clarity, clearness, distinctness, limpidity, limpidness, lucidness, pellucidity, pellucidness, perspicuity, perspicuousness, plainness. See clear/unclear.
2. A healthy mental state: lucidness, mind, reason, saneness, sanity, sense (often used in plural), soundness, wit (used in plural). Slang marble (used in plural). See sane/insane.

A faculty by which paranormal knowledge may be obtained. It is a collective term for the phenomena of clairvoyance, clairaudience, psychometry, and premonitions. It was first used by experimenters describing the condition of senses in relation to the phenomena of animal magnetism and mesmerism but was later used by French psychical researchers. It has generally been replaced in recent decades by ESP, or extrasensory perception.

IN BRIEF: Clearness of understanding.

If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind! — Chuang Tzu (c.360 BC-c. 275 BC)

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression
  Synonyms: clarity, pellucidity, clearness, limpidity

Meaning #2: a lucid state of mind; not confused

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