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ABSTRUSITY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound

Example:

the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs

Synonyms:

abstruseness; abstrusity; profoundness; profundity; reconditeness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("abstrusity" is a kind of...):

wisdom (accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment)

Derivation:

abstruse (difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge)

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