abstrusity
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Definition
Noun: 1. The quality of being difficult to understand; profoundness or obscurity of meaning: "Abstrusity" refers to the state or quality of being abstruse—deep, complex, and hard to comprehend. It describes ideas, concepts, or writings that are not easily accessible due to their intellectual depth or intricate nature.
Examples of Usage
Advanced Usage
- "To plumb the abstrusity of something": To try to understand or explore the profound depths of a complex subject.
- Her research aims to plumb the abstrusity of ancient mystical texts.
Variants and Related Words
- Abstruse (adj): Difficult to understand; obscure.
- He wrote an abstruse paper on theoretical physics.
- Abstruseness (n): A direct synonym for "abstrusity," meaning the quality of being abstruse.
- The abstruseness of the legal document required a specialist to interpret it.
Synonyms
- Profundity: Deep insight; intellectual depth.
- Reconditeness: The quality of being little known or understood; abstruseness.
- Obscurity: The state of being unclear or difficult to understand.
- Esotericism: The quality of being intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with specialized knowledge.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- To be lost in abstrusity: To be completely unable to understand a complex or obscure subject.
- Without the proper background, one can easily get lost in the abstrusity of the subject.
Noun
- wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound
- the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs