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com·plex·i·ty

complexity

pronunciation:
km plek sih ti
part of speech: noun
inflections: complexities
definition 1: the state or condition of being complex or complicated.
the complexity of the story
synonyms:
complication, intricacy, involution
similar words:
depth, difficulty, elaboration, entanglement, sophistication
definition 2: something that is complex.
These are complexities we hadn't counted on.
synonyms:
complication, intricacy, involution, labyrinth
similar words:
convolution, difficulty, dilemma, entanglement, jungle, knot, maze, perplexity, problem, quandary, tangle