complicacy

1 something that makes a situation more complicated or difficult the difference in time zones was yet another complicacy that had to be dealt with Synonyms complexity, complication, convolution, difficulty, intricacyRelated Words aftereffect, ramification, side effect (also side reaction); subtlety, technicality; annoyance, bitch, bother, headache, inconvenience, matter, trouble

2 the state or quality of having many interrelated parts or aspects the complicacy of the theory of relativity is such that it cannot be reduced to a few words that are readily comprehensible to the layman Synonyms complexness, complexity, complicatedness, complication, elaborateness, intricacy, intricateness, involution, knottiness, sophisticationRelated Words diversity, heterogeneity, heterogeneousness, multifariousness; impenetrability, incomprehensibility, inexplicabilityNear Antonyms simplification; homogeneity, uniformityAntonyms plainness, simpleness, simplicity