It’s an ancient and deadly problem recast in new and sophisticated methods. The allure of renown can be great in the local church. In some shape or form, this is true for all of us - perhaps especially for pastors and Christian leaders. We desire to be important to other people. We want our work to be appreciated. We all love to be praised and celebrated. It’s hard to know how sincere of an apology this is, but it is remarkable he uses such honest and self-effacing language: “self-promotion,” “deep fear,” and “megalomania.” It is perceptive and insightful. Bono explained it as,ĭrop of megalomania, twitch of generosity, dash of self-promotion and deep fear that these songs that we’ve poured our life into over the last few years mightn’t be heard. New therapies that specifically target and eradicate these cancer stem cells are needed to prevent tumors growing and spreading, but for that there needs to be more clarity around the target.Bono apologized last week for U2’s (and Apple’s) aggressive automatic insertion into our iTunes libraries with their latest album Songs of Innocence. (North Pacific Ocean fertilized by iron in Asian dust, National Science Foundation)
The extraordinary clarity of these waters allows sunlight to penetrate deep into the water column and support photosynthesis below 100 meters (328 feet). (Coral reefs shifting away from equatorial waters, National Science Foundation) "The clarity in this trend is stunning, but we don’t yet know whether the new reefs can support the incredible diversity of tropical systems." (Fluid Attenuated Inversion Recovery, NCI Thesaurus)Īspects like these are sent to us all to cleanse a situation and to help us understand it with greater clarity. (Contrast-enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging, NCI Thesaurus)Ī magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) pulse sequence that uses an inversion recovery technique to null fluids present in the imaging area, improving clarity of the object of interest. The images are enhanced by the addition of contrast agents which selectively intensify anatomical regions to intensify the clarity of the image for diagnostic purposes. (Cancer Bioinformatics Infrastructure Objects, NCI Thesaurus) The vision for caCORE is to provide a common data management framework that will support the consistency, clarity, and comparability of biomedical research data and information. (Ancient lakes: eyes into the past, and the future, National Science Foundation) In Lake Tahoe, impaired water clarity has precipitated declines in populations of deep-water invertebrates and other species.
#Obscurity mean free#
Opacity (the quality of being opaque to a degree the degree to which something reduces the passage of light)Ĭlear ((of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims)Ĭharacteristic of the clarity of the boundary or edges of a finding or feature.
Visibility (capability of providing a clear unobstructed view)ĭistinctness sharpness (the quality of being sharp and clear) Semitransparency translucence translucency (the quality of allowing light to pass diffusely)
Transparence transparency transparentness (the quality of being clear and transparent) Quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone) When she awoke the clarity was back in her eyes Obscurity (the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand) Unambiguity unequivocalness (clarity achieved by the avoidance of ambiguity)Įxplicitness (clarity as a consequence of being explicit) Perspicuity perspicuousness plainness (clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous) Monosemy (having a single meaning (absence of ambiguity) usually of individual words or phrases)įocus (maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea)Ĭlearcutness preciseness (clarity as a consequence of precision) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clarity"): Nouns denoting attributes of people and objectsĬlarity clearness limpidity lucidity lucidness pellucidityĬomprehensibility understandability (the quality of comprehensible language or thought)
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