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incomplex
adjective as in simple
Example Sentences
This was built of unshapen logs, whitewashed, the crevices being filled in with mud; while, not more than a dozen yards distant, another equally incomplex building stood close to a lofty fir, which had been denuded of all branches and converted into a natural flagstaff.
First, by way of an incomplex object, as when we understand what a man is; secondly, by way of a complex object, as when we understand that whiteness is in a man.
Consequently in each of these ways the appetitive power can tend to both good and evil: by way of a simple and incomplex object, when the appetite simply follows and adheres to good, or recoils from evil: and such movements are desire, hope, pleasure, sorrow, and so forth: by way of a complex object, as when the appetite is concerned with some good or evil being in, or being done to, another, either seeking this or recoiling from it.
Associated words: filigree, platinum, desilverize, desilverization, patio, vermeil, fulguration, silversmith. silvery, a. silver, argent, argentine, argentous, argentiferous. similar, a. like, corresponding, resembling, homogeneous, analogous. similarity, n. analogy, homogeneity, likeness, similitude, correspondence. simile, n. comparison, metaphor. simoon, n. desert wind, khamsin, samiel. simper, n. smirk. simple, a. incomplex, uncompounded, single, elementary, uncombined, mere; plain, unaffected, artless, naïve, unsophisticated; credulous, gullible, silly, oafish.
Antonyms: incomplex, simple, obvious. complexity, n. intricacy, entanglement, complication. compliance, n. yielding, concession, submission, obedience, acquiescence. compliant, a. yielding, obedient, tractable, submissive, flexible. complicated, a. complex, intricate, involved, entangled, complicate. complication, n. intricacy, entanglement, involution, complexity, snarl, confusion, imbroglio.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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