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English noun: abstruseness

1. abstruseness (attribute) the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand


Synonymsobscureness, obscurity, reconditeness


Broader (hypernym)incomprehensibility


Antonymsclarity, clearness, limpidity, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity

2. abstruseness (cognition) wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound


SamplesThe anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs.


Synonymsabstrusity, profoundness, profundity, reconditeness


Broader (hypernym)wisdom









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