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单词 complexity
释义

complexity

noun

com·​plex·​i·​ty kəm-ˈplek-sə-tē How to pronounce complexity (audio)
käm-
plural complexities
1
: something complex
the complexities of the murder trial
2
: the quality or state of being complex
the complexity of the contract

Synonyms

  • complexness
  • complicacy
  • complicatedness
  • complication
  • elaborateness
  • intricacy
  • intricateness
  • involution
  • knottiness
  • sophistication
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Example Sentences

He was impressed by the complexity of the music. The diagram illustrates the complexity of the cell's structure. He doesn't grasp the complexity of the situation.
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Word History

Etymology

complex entry 2 + -ity, perhaps after French complexité

First Known Use

1661, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

complexity

noun

com·​plex·​i·​ty kəm-ˈplek-sə-tē How to pronounce complexity (audio)
plural complexities
1
: the quality or condition of being difficult to understand or of lacking simplicity
the complexity of a problem
2
: something difficult to understand or lacking simplicity
the complexities of business

complexity

noun

1
as in complexness
the state or quality of having many interrelated parts or aspects the complexity of the company's computer system is such that a full-time employee is needed to maintain it

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • complexness
  • sophistication
  • intricacy
  • elaborateness
  • complicatedness
  • heterogeneity
  • involution
  • complication
  • diversity
  • complicacy
  • knottiness
  • intricateness
  • incomprehensibility
  • multifariousness
  • impenetrability
  • inexplicability
  • heterogeneousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • simplicity
  • simplification
  • simpleness
  • uniformity
  • plainness
  • homogeneity
2
as in difficulty
something that makes a situation more complicated or difficult the political complexities that the secretary-general must deal with

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • difficulty
  • complication
  • intricacy
  • convolution
  • complicacy
  • headache
  • subtlety
  • matter
  • ramification
  • side effect
  • technicality
  • fly in the ointment
  • trouble
  • aftereffect
  • annoyance
  • inconvenience
  • side reaction
  • bitch
  • bother
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