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opacity
noun
1 the opacity of water may arise from a variety of materials in suspension:
opaqueness, nontransparency, lack of transparency;
cloudiness, filminess, haziness, mistiness, blur, blurredness, dirtiness, dinginess, muddiness, griminess, smeariness.
antonyms transparency, translucence, clarity.
2 the opacity of much philosophical writing:
lack of clarity, obscurity, abstruseness, unclearness, density, impenetrability, enigma, unintelligibility, incomprehensibility, reconditeness.
antonyms clarity, limpidity.