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Intricacy

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈɪn.tɹɪ.kə.si/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Intricacy is a noun meaning The state or quality of being intricate or entangled.

Meaning

The state or quality of being intricate or entangled.

More Meanings

  1. Perplexity.
  2. Something which is intricate or complex.

Example Sentences

the intricacy of a knot
the intricacy of accounts
the intricacy of a cause in controversy
There are many intricacies in the plot of this novel.

Word Forms

Synonyms for intricacy

Depending on context, synonyms include involution, complication, complexity, elaboration, elaborateness.

involutioncomplicationcomplexityelaborationelaborateness

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include elaborateness, elaboration, complexity, sophistication, intricateness, complicatedness.

elaboratenesselaborationcomplexitysophisticationintricatenesscomplicatednesscomplicacyperplexednesscomplicationentanglednessconvolutednesstanglednessintrinsicalnessinterwovennessfiddlinesscomplexnesstrickinesscomplicatenessovercomplicatednessentwinedness

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