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complex - (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior |
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feeling the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"
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analysis,
depth psychology,
psychoanalysis an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole
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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
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electra complex a complex of females; sexual attraction to the father
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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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complex - a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts; "the complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads created a new town" |
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composite |
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whole an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
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hybrid (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species; "a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey"
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syndrome a complex of concurrent things; "every word has a syndrome of meanings"
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complex - a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated |
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chemical compound,
compound an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient)
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hydrochloride a complex consisting of an organic base in association with hydrogen chloride
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complex - complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts; "a complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody"; "a complex mass of diverse laws and customs" |
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simple unornamented; "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity"
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compound composed of more than one part; "compound leaves are composed of several lobes; "compound flower heads"
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difficult,
hard not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"
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complexity,
complexness the quality of being intricate and compounded; "he enjoyed the complexity of modern computers"
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analyzable,
decomposable capable of being partitioned
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byzantine,
convoluted,
involved,
knotty,
tangled,
tortuous highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"
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colonial,
compound composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony; "coral is a colonial organism"
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complicated difficult to analyze or understand; "a complicated problem"; "complicated Middle East politics"
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composite consisting of separate interconnected parts
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compound composed of more than one part; "compound leaves are composed of several lobes; "compound flower heads"
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daedal complex and ingenious in design or function; "the daedal hand of nature"
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gordian extremely intricate; usually in phrase `Gordian knot'
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interlacing,
interlinking,
interlocking,
interwoven linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing
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intricate having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate; "intricate lacework"
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labyrinthian,
labyrinthine,
mazy resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity; "a labyrinthine network of tortuous footpaths"
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multifactorial involving or depending on several factors or causes (especially pertaining to a condition or disease resulting from the interaction of many genes)
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multiplex having many parts or aspects; "the multiplex problem of drug abuse"
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thickening becoming more intricate or complex; "a thickening plot"
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