ABSTRUSITY
Dictionary entry overview: What does abstrusity mean? • ABSTRUSITY (noun)
The noun ABSTRUSITY has 1 sense:
1. wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound
Familiarity information: ABSTRUSITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ABSTRUSITY (noun)
Meaning:
Wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
abstrusity; profundity; reconditeness; abstruseness; profoundness
Context example:
the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs
Hypernyms ("abstrusity" is a kind of...):
wisdom (accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment)
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