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complexness
com·plex C0529800 (kəm-plĕks′, kŏm′plĕks′)adj.1. a. Consisting of interconnected or interwoven parts; composite: complex equipment with multiple components.b. Composed of two or more units: a complex carbohydrate.2. Difficult to understand for being intricate or involved; complicated: a complex problem.3. Grammar a. Consisting of at least one bound form. Used of a word.b. Consisting of an independent clause and at least one other independent or dependent clause. Used of a sentence.n. (kŏm′plĕks′)1. A whole composed of interconnected or interwoven parts: a complex of cities and suburbs; the military-industrial complex.2. A building or group of buildings used for a single purpose: a sports complex.3. In psychoanalysis, a group of related, often repressed ideas and impulses that compel characteristic or habitual patterns of thought, feelings, and behavior.4. An exaggerated or obsessive concern or fear: has a complex about his weight.5. Medicine The combination of factors, symptoms, or signs of a disease or disorder that forms a syndrome.
[Latin complexus, past participle of complectī, to entwine; see complect.]
com·plex′ly adv.com·plex′ness n.Synonyms: complex, complicated, intricate, involved, tangled
These adjectives mean having parts so interconnected as to hamper comprehension or perception of the whole. Complex implies a combination of many interwoven parts: The composer transformed a simple folk tune into a complex set of variations. Complicated stresses a relationship of parts that affect each other in elaborate, often obscure ways: The party's complicated platform confused many voters. Intricate refers to a pattern of intertwining parts that is difficult to follow or analyze: "No one could soar into a more intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology" (Anthony Trollope).
Involved implies a close but confusing interconnection between many different parts: The movie's plot was criticized as being too involved. Tangled strongly suggests the random twisting of many parts: "Oh, what a tangled web we weave, / When first we practice to deceive!" (Sir Walter Scott).Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | complexness - the quality of being intricate and compounded; "he enjoyed the complexity of modern computers"complexityquality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespearecomplicatedness, knottiness, tortuousness, complication - puzzling complexityelaborateness, intricacy, involution, elaboration - marked by elaborately complex detailtapestry - something that resembles a tapestry in its complex pictorial designs; "the tapestry of European history"trickiness - the quality of requiring skill or caution; "these puzzles are famous for their trickiness" |
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Synonyms for complexnessnoun the quality of being intricate and compoundedSynonymsRelated Words- quality
- complicatedness
- knottiness
- tortuousness
- complication
- elaborateness
- intricacy
- involution
- elaboration
- tapestry
- trickiness
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