Awareness and Explanation

Awareness

Awareness noun - A state of being aware.

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Explanation and awareness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Explanation" instead a noun "Awareness".

Nearby Word: aware

Explanation noun - A statement that makes something clear.

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Awareness and explanation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Awareness" instead a noun "Explanation".

Nearby Words: explain, explanatory, explaining

good	good awareness	good explanation
full	full awareness	full explanation
better	better awareness	better explanation
common	common awareness	common explanation
Other adjectives: complete, true, proper, popular, real, little, partial, supernatural, new, vague, general, apparent, basic, realistic.

Perhaps because of common awareness of the use of make-up in films or the lack of believability of the facial muscle explanation, this trope hasn't been used for a while.

Source: Forgotten Trope
There is at least some awareness the Muppets are a different sort of creature from humans, but no explanation is forthcoming for why Gary has a Muppet brother in Walter and no one ever seems to find it strange.

Source: Lions and Tigers and Humans... Oh, My!
However, this "Meta-Awareness" is not omniversal, the explanation being that Lords of Order for Worlds with particularly nasty villains (such as The Legend of Zelda or Video Game/Metroid) would prefer that said Big Bads stay as ignorant of the players as possible.

Source: Roleplay / The Spectacular Omniverse

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Explanation and Awareness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/awareness/explanation

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