complexity
[kuh m-plek-si-tee]
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Origin of complexity
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intricacy, complication, ramification, entanglement, multiplicity, elaboration, involvement, convolutionExamples from the Web for complexity
Contemporary Examples
His most elaborate camera maneuvers seemed almost diabolical in their complexity.
Sex, with its myths, confronts us with the complexity of our behaviors and our beliefs.
Yeah, one thing that John Shea said struck me: "Narratives close off the complexity of reality."
Complexity appeals to the sophisticated grown-ups mentioned above.
The Fault in Our Stars may not have the complexity of a mature literary classic.
Historical Examples
The complexity of life is shown by the extension of the necessity of choice.
The Call of the Twentieth CenturyDavid Starr Jordan
To beautify it is to take away its character of complexity—it is to destroy it.
The Secret AgentJoseph Conrad
But our State in which one man plays one part only is not adapted for complexity.
The RepublicPlato
Lydia said, in a low tone charged with her own complexity of sentiment.
The PrisonerAlice Brown
This is too often lost sight of in the complexity of things.
Rural Life and the Rural SchoolJoseph Kennedy
complexity
- the state or quality of being intricate or complex
- something intricate or complex; complication
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Word Origin and History for complexity
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