noun
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the state or quality of being intricate or complex
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something intricate or complex; complication
Other Word Forms
- intercomplexity noun
- overcomplexity noun
- supercomplexity noun
Etymology
Origin of complexity
Example Sentences
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Despite the complexities, what a young child learns before they enter classrooms can set the course for the rest of their academic career, experts said.
From Los Angeles Times
For all the technical complexity, there are also unique pleasures to directing the Muppets.
From Los Angeles Times
The situation has brought to attention to the complexities of music licensing and how it affects artistic sports like figure skating.
From Los Angeles Times
Vowles acknowledged that missing the test was "a deficit" because Williams had not been able to gain experience of the complexities of energy management in the new engines being introduced this year.
From BBC
"I believe we made the right decision in opting for a more dispersed Games, but that has... created additional complexities," Kirsty Coventry, the president of the International Olympic Committee, has said.
From Barron's
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