I am looking for the noun form of explicit. The word explicitness seems to me to imply many "levels" of explicitness, but I want to know if is there a noun form of explicit whose value can be either "explicit" or "not explicit".
An example of how one might use this word:
It may be difficult to interpret the __________ (explicitness) of this song because it is in a foreign language.
Salacity: the state of being salacious, where salacious means obscene; grossly indecent. (alternative to salaciousness)
Or simply vulgarity: the state or quality of being vulgar; where vulgar is indecent; obscene; lewd; crude; coarse; unrefined; current; popular; common.
The simplest may be crudity: the state or quality of being crude; where crude means undisguised or blunt;
Of less common use:
Lubricity: lewdness; lustfulness: lasciviousness; salaciousness; something that arouses lasciviousness, especially pornography.
"Duplicity" is infrequently used in the sense of "having two states" (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/duplicity). Perhaps that is what you want?
It does not necessarily imply that said two states are "explicit" and "not explicit" though.
