What does obscurity mean?
Definitions for obscurity
əbˈskyʊər ɪ tiob·scu·ri·ty
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Princeton's WordNet
obscureness, obscurity, abstruseness, reconditenessnoun
the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand
obscuritynoun
an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known
"he worked in obscurity for many years"
obscurity, obscurenessnoun
the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination
Wiktionary
obscuritynoun
Darkness; the absence of light
obscuritynoun
The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown
obscuritynoun
The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Obscureness, Obscuritynoun
Etymology: obscuritas, Lat. obscurité, Fr.
Lo! a day of darkness and obscurity, tribulation and anguish, upon the earth. Esther xi. 8.
Should Cynthia quit thee, Venus, and each star,
It would not form one thought dark as mine are:
I could lend them obscureness now, and say,
Out of myself there should be no more day. John Donne.You are not for obscurity design’d,
But, like the sun, must cheer all human kind. Dryd.Not to mention that obscureness that attends prophetic raptures, there are divers things knowable by the bare light of nature, which yet are so uneasy to be satisfactorily understood by our imperfect intellects, that let them be delivered in the clearest expressions, the notions themselves will yet appear obscure. Robert Boyle, on Colours.
That this part of sacred scripture had difficulties in it: many causes of obscurity did readily occur to me. John Locke.
What lies beyond our positive idea towards infinity, lies in obscurity, and has the undeterminate confusion of a negative idea, wherein I know I do not comprehend all I would, it being too large for a finite capacity. John Locke.
ChatGPT
obscurity
Obscurity refers to the state or quality of being unknown, inconspicuous, or difficult to understand, see, or interpret. It may relate to being incomprehensible due to complexity or vagueness, or to be under-recognized, undistinguished, or forgotten by the public.
Webster Dictionary
Obscuritynoun
the quality or state of being obscure; darkness; privacy; inconspicuousness; unintelligibleness; uncertainty
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of obscurity in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of obscurity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of obscurity in a Sentence
Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving real distinction are those who remain in obscurity.
Tom Stoppard, Rosencranz And Guildenstern Are Dead:
We are tied down to a language that makes up in obscurity what it lacks in style.
When we really worship anything, we love not only its clearness but its obscurity. We exult in its very invisibility.
Alexander Hamilton, The Farmer Refuted, February 23, 1775:
The changes in the human condition are uncertain and frequent. Many, on whom fortune has bestowed her favours, may trace their family to a more unprosperous station; and many who are now in obscurity, may look back upon the affluence and exalted rank of their ancestors.
Learn to be pleased with everything with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial to others with poverty, for not having much to care for, and with obscurity, for being unenvied.
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