explicitation

== English == === Etymology === From explicit +‎ -ation. === Noun === explicitation (plural explicitations) (rare, possibly nonstandard) The process or fact of becoming explicit or of causing to be explicit; that which makes something explicit. 2009, Chris Ackerley, "Book Review: Beckett at 100: Revolving It All" (eds. Linda Ben Zvi and Angela Moorjani, Oxford, 2008), The Journal of British Studies, vol. 48, no. 2, p. 550: Beckett would have hated the fuss: too big, too noisy, too much explicitation; the City of the Plain welcoming back its prodigal son whose image (banners, pictures, books) was everywhere. ==== Usage notes ==== Usage is confined almost entirely to academic journals, and to the field of translation studies. ==== Related terms ==== explicitness == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === explicitation f (plural explicitations) explicitation === Further reading === “explicitation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012