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abstrusity

American  
[ab-stroo-si-tee] / æbˈstru sɪ ti /

noun

  • abstrusities
    plural
  1. the quality or state of being abstruse.

  2. an abstruse statement, action, etc.


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Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of abstrusity

First recorded in 1625–35; abstruse + -ity


Example Sentences

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I want gently to suggest that Michaels and his posse are driven to such abstrusity by a kind of civic status anxiety.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2011

My mind had been marinating overnight—and for more than a year, really—in the abstrusities of cryptocurrencies and the blockchain technology on which they are built.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 15, 2018

An intense, scholarly man, Reuss has had a longtime interest in the abstrusities of fiscal and monetary policy, a passion shared by his wife Margaret, an economics professor.

From Time Magazine Archive

Their proof depends upon the abstrusities of quantum physics.

From Time Magazine Archive

But his advanced training in defense strategy really dates from his six years on the staff of the Rand Corp., where he was deeply immersed in the abstrusities of the nuclear age.

From Time Magazine Archive

The abstrusities of the stock exchange were as his A B C's to him.

From The Financier, a novel by Theodore Dreiser

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