OBSCURITY Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the word obscurity. (close relations)
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| abstruseness | nounn | |||||
noun • the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand • wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound | ||||||
| ambiguity | nounn | |||||
noun • an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context • unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning | ||||||
| cloudiness | nounn | |||||
noun • the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds • gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover • the quality of being cloudy | ||||||
| darkness | nounn | |||||
noun • absence of light or illumination • an unilluminated area • absence of moral or spiritual values • an unenlightened state • having a dark or somber color • a swarthy complexion | ||||||
| enigma | nounn | |||||
noun • something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained • a difficult problem | ||||||
| equivocation | nounn | |||||
noun • a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth • intentionally vague or ambiguous • falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language | ||||||
| haziness | nounn | |||||
noun • vagueness attributable to being not clearly defined • cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor | ||||||
| impenetrability | nounn | |||||
noun • the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.) • incomprehensibility by virtue of being too dense to understand | ||||||
| incomprehensibility | nounn | |||||
noun • the quality of being incomprehensible | ||||||
| inscrutability | nounn | |||||
noun • the quality of being impossible to investigate | ||||||
| murkiness | nounn | |||||
noun • an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance • the quality of being cloudy | ||||||
| mystification | nounn | |||||
noun • confusion resulting from failure to understand • something designed to mystify or bewilder • the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered | ||||||
| opacity | nounn | |||||
noun • the phenomenon of not permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation • incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning • the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light | ||||||
| perplexity | nounn | |||||
noun • trouble or confusion resulting from complexity | ||||||
| secrecy | nounn | |||||
noun • the trait of keeping things secret • the condition of being concealed or hidden | ||||||
| uncertainty | nounn | |||||
noun • being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance • the state of being unsure of something | ||||||
| unintelligibility | nounn | |||||
noun • nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible • incomprehensibility as a consequence of being unintelligible | ||||||
| vagueness | nounn | |||||
noun • unclearness by virtue of being poorly expressed or not coherent in meaning • indistinctness of shape or character | ||||||
| esotericism | nounn | |||||
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| mysteriousness | nounn | |||||
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