ELABORATENESS Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

elaborateness

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the state or quality of having many interrelated parts or aspects the elaborateness of the parade is such that a virtual army of people spend the whole year working on it

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complexity

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The same goes for the guys, who reveal new layers of complexity in the movie’s later scenes that deepen our perception of them without betraying or undercutting the ugliness that has come before.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026
But that was wartime—and the cessation of hostilities generated new complexities.

— Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026

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