abstruseness
Hard to grasp
Abstruseness is the quality of being difficult to understand or penetrate intellectually.
It characterizes ideas, arguments, or texts that require considerable effort to grasp, often because of their complexity or obscurity.
The abstruseness of the philosopher's prose discouraged all but the most dedicated readers.
The word carries a mild criticism—something abstruse could perhaps be made clearer but hasn't been.
Esoteric specialized knowledge
- reconditeObscure and specialized
- hermeticismAirtight, impervious condition
- cabalismJewish esoteric tradition
- mysticismPursuit of divine union
gnosis · theosophy · alchemy · secrecy · initiatory · crypticness · sibylline · exclusivity
Impermeability to light
- impenetrabilityResistance to penetration
- incomprehensibilityBeing impossible to grasp
- unfathomabilityImpossibility of being understood
- inscrutabilityImpossible to understand
opaqueness · murkiness · vagueness · ambiguity · nebulousness · obfuscation · hiddenness · inaccessibility
Resistance to penetration
- incomprehensibilityBeing impossible to grasp
- challengeTest of ability
- perplexityMental state of confusion
- thorninessQuality of having spikes
formidability · arduousness · toughness · rigor · exactingness · inaccessibility · heaviness · steepness
State of elaborate complexity
- convolutionTwisting or mathematical integration
- complicationFactor that adds difficulty
- elaboratenessState of being ornate
- sophisticationCultured elegance and complexity
nuance · subtlety · entanglement · knottiness · labyrinthine · involution · tortuousness · density
Quality of being erudite
- eruditionExtensive scholarly knowledge
- intellectualismEmphasis on reasoning pursuits
- pedantryExcessive concern with minor rules
- learnednessScholarly wisdom accumulated
philosophizing · theorizing · academese · jargon · terminology · ivory-tower · bookishness
arcana
Esoteric specialized knowledge
- reconditeObscure and specialized
- hermeticismAirtight, impervious condition
- cabalismJewish esoteric tradition
mysticism · gnosis · theosophy · alchemy · secrecy · initiatory · crypticness · sibylline · exclusivity · specialization
opacity
Impermeability to light
- impenetrabilityResistance to penetration
- incomprehensibilityBeing impossible to grasp
- unfathomabilityImpossibility of being understood
inscrutability · opaqueness · murkiness · vagueness · ambiguity · nebulousness · obfuscation · hiddenness · inaccessibility · unintelligibility
impenetrability
Resistance to penetration
- incomprehensibilityBeing impossible to grasp
- challengeTest of ability
- perplexityMental state of confusion
thorniness · formidability · arduousness · toughness · rigor · exactingness · inaccessibility · heaviness · steepness
intricacy
State of elaborate complexity
- convolutionTwisting or mathematical integration
- complicationFactor that adds difficulty
- elaboratenessState of being ornate
sophistication · nuance · subtlety · entanglement · knottiness · labyrinthine · involution · tortuousness · density · interconnectedness
scholarliness
Quality of being erudite
- eruditionExtensive scholarly knowledge
- intellectualismEmphasis on reasoning pursuits
- pedantryExcessive concern with minor rules
learnedness · philosophizing · theorizing · academese · jargon · terminology · ivory-tower · bookishness
- unclearnessvagueness, ambiguity, obscurity, haziness, fuzziness
- inscrutabilitymystery, enigma, opacity, impenetrability, incomprehensibility
abstrusenessclarity
State of being understandable
clearness · lucidity · limpidity · perspicuity · intelligibility
abstrusenesssimplicity
Lack of complexity
accessibility · approachability · readability · ease · openness
abstrusenesssimplicity
Lack of complexity
straightforwardness · obviousness · basicness · self-evidence · directness
abstruse, abstraction, abstracts, abstracting, abstractness, abstractedly