complex
Adjective
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also:tells us about: complexity, complexness - the quality of being intricate and compoundedsimilar to:
- analyzable, decomposable - capable of being partitioned
- byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous - highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
- colonial, compound - composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony
- complex, complicated - difficult to analyze or understand
- composite - consisting of separate interconnected parts
- compound - consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts
- daedal - complex and ingenious in design or function
- gordian - extremely intricate; usually in phrase `Gordian knot'
- interlacing, interlinking, interlocking, interwoven - linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing
- intricate - having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate
- labyrinthian, labyrinthine, mazy - resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity
- multifactorial - involving or depending on several factors or causes (especially pertaining to a condition or disease resulting from the interaction of many genes)
- multiplex - having many parts or aspects
- thickening - becoming more intricate or complex
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similar to: complex - complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected partssame as: complicated
Noun
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is a type of: whole - all of something including all its component elements or partssame as: composite
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is a type of: chemical compound, compound - (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weightsubtypes: hydrochloride - a complex consisting of an organic base in association with hydrogen chloridesame as: coordination compound
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referred to in: analysis, depth psychology, psychoanalysis - a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freudis a type of: feeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional statessubtypes:
- oedipal complex, oedipus complex - a complex of males; desire to possess the mother sexually and to exclude the father; said to be a source of personality disorders if unresolved
- electra complex - a complex of females; sexual attraction to the father
- inferiority complex - a sense of personal inferiority arising from conflict between the desire to be noticed and the fear of being humiliated
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is a type of: construction, structure - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many partssubtypes:
- college - a complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed
- industrial plant, plant, works - buildings for carrying on industrial labor
- ribbon development - building complex in a continuous row along a road
same as: building complex
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