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      complexity
      noun
      (uncountable) The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.
      (countable) That which is and renders complex; intricacy; complication.
      Roots
      plectoplex- · Latin · weave, braid
      Synonyms for complexity
      intricacynreconditenessnarduousnessncomplicationnknottinessndifficultynabstrusenessnonerousnessnprofoundnessnlaboriousnessn
      Words related to complexity
      complexnessncomplicacyadjelaboratenessntrickinessnoversimplecomplicatedadjintricateadjunwieldinessnsimplismncomplexadjcomplexlyadvovercomplicatedsubtletiesnmanifoldnessntortuousnessnnuancesnoversimplificationnsimplicitynsimplifiesvformidabilitynconvolutedadjsimplifyingvoversimplifyingvcomplicatesvcomprehensivenessncomplicatingvextensivenessnoversubtletyadjcumbersomenessnsophisticationn

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