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Abstruse (Adjective)

Meaning

Difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge; "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Examples

  • The philosopher's abstruse treatise on existentialism left many readers scratching their heads.
  • Her new novel was full of abstruse allusions to mythology and symbolism, which only a few critics could decipher.
  • The math problem was so abstruse that even the department head couldn't solve it.
  • The art critic's abstruse explanation of the painting's meaning confused everyone in the gallery.
  • The economist's use of abstruse language made his policy recommendations inaccessible to most lawmakers.

Synonyms

  • Deep
  • Recondite

Related Words

  • Abstrusity (noun)
  • Abstruseness (noun)
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