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complexity
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of COMPLEXITY
1
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 repairman is needed>
Synonyms complexness, complicacy, complicatedness, complication, elaborateness, intricacy, intricateness, involution, knottiness, sophistication
Related Words diversity, heterogeneity, heterogeneousness, multifariousness; impenetrability, incomprehensibility, inexplicability
2
something that makes a situation more complicated or difficult <the political complexities that the secretary-general must deal with>
Related Words aftereffect, ramification, side effect (also side reaction); subtlety, technicality; annoyance, bitch, bother, headache, inconvenience, matter, trouble
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