abstrusity
- noun
- /æbˈstrusɪti/
- Formal
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abstrusidad
- The abstrusity of the topic made it difficult for students to engage.
Examples
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The abstrusity of the scientific article made it challenging for non-specialists to understand.
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Despite its abstrusity, the lecture was deeply rewarding to those who persevered.
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Critics often debate whether complexity adds meaningful abstrusity to literary works.
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The abstrusity of the philosopher's writings discourages many casual readers.
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Many readers struggle with the abstrusities found in academic texts.
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Many readers struggle with the abstrusity of academic texts filled with complex theories.
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The professor's lecture was rich in abstrusity, presenting concepts that required deep concentration to grasp.
Synonyms
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Many connected parts make something hard to understand
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Hard to understand or see, making people feel confused
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Hard to find or understand
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How hard something is to understand because it is unclear
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A state where something is very hard to understand
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A quality that you cannot understand or know the reasons for
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A quality of being hard to understand and making people curious
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A quality that makes facts and events impossible to find out or fully understand
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Difficulty understanding something because it is complex or unclear
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A state when something cannot be explained or understood
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A difficulty understanding handwriting, signs, or codes
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Something that is very hard to understand
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A very clever and difficult puzzle or plan that confuses people
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The state of being impossible to imagine or believe
Difficulty understanding something because it is very complex
Very hard to understand because the ideas are unclear or complicated
Writing that is hard to understand or enjoy
How hard it is to understand something because its meaning is unclear
State of being hard to understand
Information or speech that is hard to understand and causes confusion
A situation when something is hard to understand
A state of being unclear with no definite meaning or edges
A state of being unclear and hard to understand
A state of being mysterious and hard to understand
A quality that makes something hard to understand or solve
A quality of having many twists that makes paths or ideas hard to follow
You cannot easily understand or picture it in your mind
Being impossible to imagine or understand
Antonyms
How Abstruse
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- Formal
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- Formal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Abstrusity comes from Latin parts ab- 'away' and trud- 'push', so it originally meant something 'pushed away' or 'hidden'. That's why abstrusity means the quality of being hard to understand — the idea is that the meaning is 'hidden' from view, like something you cannot easily reach or see, and you can see the same root in intrude ('push in').