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1 the state or quality of having many interrelated parts or aspects the complexity of the company's computer system is such that a full-time repairman is needed Synonyms of complexity complexness, complicacy, complicatedness, complication, elaborateness, intricacy, intricateness, involution, knottiness, sophistication Words Related to complexity diversity, heterogeneity, heterogeneousness, multifariousness; impenetrability, incomprehensibility, inexplicability Near Antonyms of complexity simplification; homogeneity, uniformity Antonyms of complexity plainness, simpleness, simplicity
2 something that makes a situation more complicated or difficult the political complexities that the secretary-general must deal with Synonyms of complexity complication, complicacy, convolution, difficulty, intricacyWords Related to complexity aftereffect, ramification, side effect (also side reaction); subtlety, technicality; annoyance, bitch, bother, headache, inconvenience, matter, trouble
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