obscureness

noun

Definition of obscurenessnext
as in ambiguity

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  1. ambiguity
  2. opacity
  3. obscurity
Noun
  • However, during a complex scene with a lot of context, complicated wording, and ambiguity about what is going on, more cognitive effort is required.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
  • The novel remains true to Mann’s belief that art must include everything, allowing life its complexity and ambiguity.
    George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of ambiguity
Noun
  • The opacity and coyness of the white-cube gallery, confining its business activities to the back room, feel like holdovers from an earlier age, when the modernist opposition of art and commerce governed artmaking and marketing both.
    Natasha Degen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
  • These firms' opacity in the face of human suffering and clear risk of violations of international law indicates an unacceptable sense of impunity.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of opacity
Noun
  • Previously, supporting characters only played minor roles, and NPCs existed mostly just to make witty quips and fade back into obscurity.
    Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Constructing an actual, reliable inventory increasingly important to do given that recent laws have not merely set up costly programs likely to slip into obscurity and non-oversight, but because those spending programs are also freighted with regulatory effect.
    Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of obscurity
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