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abstruseness (s) (noun), abstrusenesses (pl)
1. The condition of being inexplicit and hard to perceive; obscureness: The abstruseness of the economist when he was speaking at the forum about the economic situation was confusing his audience.
2. Knowledge that is obscure and little known; a matter that is difficult to understand; profoundity; The university students were confused by the professor's abstrusenesses in some of his lectures about philosophical and religious beliefs and practices.
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