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ABSTRUSENESS Synonyms

There are 15 synonyms of the word abstruseness. (exact relations)
There are 2 hypernyms of the word abstruseness. (close relations)
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obscurity
nounn
noun

• the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand

• an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known

• the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination

complexity
nounn
noun

• the quality of being intricate and compounded

difficulty
nounn
noun

• an effort that is inconvenient

• the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result

enigma
nounn
noun

• something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

• a difficult problem

impenetrability
nounn
noun

• the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.)

• incomprehensibility by virtue of being too dense to understand

intricacy
nounn
noun

• marked by elaborately complex detail

mystification
nounn
noun

• confusion resulting from failure to understand

• something designed to mystify or bewilder

• the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered

opaqueness
nounn
noun

• incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning

• the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light

perplexity
nounn
noun

• trouble or confusion resulting from complexity

puzzle
nounn
noun

• a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution

• a game that tests your ingenuity

verb

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide

reconditeness
nounn
noun

• wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound

• the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand

abstrusity
nounn
noun

• wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound

obscureness
nounn
noun

• the state of being humble and unimportant

• the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination

• the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand

profoundness
nounn
noun

• extremeness of degree

• wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound

• the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas

• the quality of being physically deep

• intellectual depth; penetrating knowledge; keen insight; etc

profundity
nounn
noun

• wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound

• intellectual depth; penetrating knowledge; keen insight; etc

• the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas

• the quality of being physically deep

Best Hypernyms For ABSTRUSENESS

Here is a list of related hypernyms for abstruseness, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
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incomprehensibility wisdom

Alternatives for OBSCURITY

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