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Definition of Obscureness
1. Noun. The state of being humble and unimportant.
Generic synonyms: Obscurity
Derivative terms: Humble, Humble, Obscure, Unimportant, Unimportant
2. Noun. The state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination.
3. Noun. The quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand.
Generic synonyms: Incomprehensibility
Derivative terms: Abstruse, Obscure, Obscure, Obscure, Obscure, Recondite
Antonyms: Clarity
Definition of Obscureness
1. n. Obscurity.
Definition of Obscureness
1. Noun. obscurity ¹
2. Noun. ambiguity ¹
3. Noun. unimportance ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Obscureness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Obscureness
Literary usage of Obscureness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Creative Intelligence: Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by John Dewey, Harold Chapman Brown, George Herbert Mead, Boyd Henry Bode, Henry Waldgrave Stuart, James Hayden Tufts, Horace Meyer Kallen, Addison Webster Moore (1917)
"The obscureness of objects when seen with the margin of the retina has no more
to do with the margin of consciousness than the obscureness caused by an ..."
2. The Christian Examiner (1836)
"... but absolutely obscure, with an obscureness, that is, that supposes a want of
clearness in his own mind, of completeness in his intellectual processes. ..."
3. Restituta: Or, Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books in English by Egerton Brydges (1815)
"The obscureness of the Claimant, and meanness of his profession, having been a
... The obscureness was, as before is said, from the misfortunes and ..."
4. The Christian Examiner and General Review edited by Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware (1836)
"... but absolutely obscure, with an obscureness, that is, that supposes a want of
clearness in his own mind, of completeness in his intellectual processes. ..."
5. Psychology by Burtis Burr Breese (1917)
"There is a constant change from clearness to obscureness and from obscureness to
clearness. We also find that, at any one time, although there are a number ..."
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