complexity

C1 Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /kəmˈplɛk.sɪ.ti/ See IPA manual

Freq #16848

Meanings

1

noun
The state of having many connected parts and being hard to understand.

They were amazed by the complexity of modern computers.
2

noun
A feature or detail that makes something complicated.

The new tax law added several complexities for small businesses.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the state of having many... complexness intricacy

2 noun · a feature or detail that... complication

More complicacycomplicate complicatedness complicity involution sophistication

Opposites

incomplexitysimplicityuncomplexity

Word family

Forms complexities

Derived forms biocomplexitychaoplexitygeocomplexityhypercomplexityincomplexityovercomplexityultracomplexityuncomplexity

Related forms complex complexificationcomplexuscomplicate

Appears in

Phrases (1)

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awesome complexity
an intricacy so great that it inspires wonder or awe

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From complex + -ity. Partially displaced native English manifoldness.

Topics

Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives

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# complexity

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /kəmˈplɛk.sɪ.ti/
**Frequency rank:** 16848

## Meanings
1. The state of having many connected parts and being hard to understand.
2. A feature or detail that makes something complicated.

## Examples
- They were amazed by the complexity of modern computers.
- The new tax law added several complexities for small businesses.

## Synonyms
- complexness
- complicacy
- complicate
- complicatedness
- complication
- complicity
- intricacy
- involution
- sophistication

## Antonyms
- incomplexity
- simplicity
- uncomplexity

## Derived Forms
- biocomplexity
- chaoplexity
- geocomplexity
- hypercomplexity
- incomplexity
- overcomplexity
- ultracomplexity
- uncomplexity

## Related Forms
- complex
- complexification
- complexus
- complicate

## Etymology
From complex + -ity. Partially displaced native English manifoldness.

## AI Etymology
complexity is a noun. It is from complex + -ity. Partially displaced native English manifoldness. Current senses include the state of having many connected parts and being hard to understand and a feature or detail that makes something complicated. Derived forms include biocomplexity, chaoplexity, geocomplexity, hypercomplexity, and incomplexity. Related words include complex, complexification, complexus, and complicate.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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