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I don't recall having any self-awareness about the intricacy of my stories.
A. E. van Vogt

Meaning of "intricacy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INTRICACY

intricacy  [ˈɪntrɪkəsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INTRICACY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Intricacy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INTRICACY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of intricacy in the English dictionary

The definition of intricacy in the dictionary is the quality of being intricate; fine complexity. Other definition of intricacy is an intricate thing or aspect.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INTRICACY


advocacy
ˈædvəkəsɪ
circussy
ˈsɜːkəsɪ
circusy
ˈsɜːkəsɪ
complicacy
ˈkɒmplɪkəsɪ
delicacy
ˈdɛlɪkəsɪ
efficacy
ˈɛfɪkəsɪ
graphicacy
ˈɡræfɪkəsɪ
hygrochasy
haɪˈɡrɒkəsɪ
indelicacy
ɪnˈdelɪkəsɪ
inefficacy
ɪnˈɛfɪkəsɪ
pervicacy
ˈpɜːvɪkəsɪ
prolificacy
prəˈlɪfɪkəsɪ
xerochasy
zɪˈrɒkəsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INTRICACY

intrepidness
intricate
intricately
intricateness
intrigant
intrigante
intriguant
intriguante
intrigue
intriguer
intriguing
intriguingly
intrince
intrinsic
intrinsic factor
intrinsic semiconductor
intrinsical
intrinsicality
intrinsically
intrinsicalness

WORDS THAT END LIKE INTRICACY

adequacy
bureaucracy
conspiracy
democracy
diplomacy
fallacy
inaccuracy
intimacy
lacy
legacy
legitimacy
literacy
luminous efficacy
pharmacy
piracy
privacy
racy
self-advocacy
supremacy
Tracy

Synonyms and antonyms of intricacy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INTRICACY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «intricacy» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of intricacy

Translation of «intricacy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INTRICACY

Find out the translation of intricacy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of intricacy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «intricacy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

复杂精细
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

complejidad
570 millions of speakers

English

intricacy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जटिलता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تعقيد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сложность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

complexidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঘুরপ্যাঁচ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

complexité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kerumitan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kompliziertheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

複雑さ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

복잡함
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Intricacy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lộn xộn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிக்கல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गुंतागुंत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

karışıklık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

complessità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zawiłość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

складність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

complexitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πολυπλοκότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ingewikkeldheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

intrikat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

intricacy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of intricacy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INTRICACY»

The term «intricacy» is regularly used and occupies the 96.485 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INTRICACY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about intricacy

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2 QUOTES WITH «INTRICACY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word intricacy.
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Sarah Monette
I would love with all my heart to be able to speak Greek, classical or modern or both. It is a beautiful language, both aurally and in terms of the intricacy of its construction. I took four semesters of Ancient Greek in college, but it's all rusted away now - and I never learned to speak it anyway.
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A. E. van Vogt
I don't recall having any self-awareness about the intricacy of my stories.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INTRICACY»

Discover the use of intricacy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to intricacy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Intricacy: A Meditation on Memory
'Intricacy' is a delicate investigation of the lives of the author's mother, the activist, mystic and painter Lesley, who was married to the novelist Jack Cope, and the characters surrounding her.
Michael Cope, 2005
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Intricacy: A Project by Greg Lynn FORM
Artwork by Karl Chu, Preston Scott Cohen, Chris Cunningham, Nader Tehrani, Nanako Umemoto, Tom Friedman, Fabian Marcaccio, David Reed. Contributions by Farshid Moussavi, Alejandro Zaera-Polo, Peter Eisenman, Hussein Chalayan.
Greg Lynn, 2003
3
Language Beyond Postmodernism: Saying and Thinking in ...
The. Implicit. Intricacy. of. Mind. and. Situation. Meredith. Williams. The long- standing philosophical problem with which Eugene Gendlin opens his "Thinking beyond Patterns"1 is that of disentangling nature from convention. How much of our ...
Eugene T. Gendlin, David Michael Levin, 1997
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Accessibility and Acceptability in Technical Manuals: A ...
this effect and hence no formula been designed.2 To find the Grammatical Intricacy at Phrase and Group level, I counted the highest number of nested structures per clause complex (length) and added to this value the highest number of layers ...
Inger Lassen, 2003
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Canadian Mathematical Bulletin
The intricacy of the problem of (2s + I )-factorizating K„ is determined. Some generalizations are also given. The subject of "The intricacy of combinatorial construction problems" was introduced by W. E. Opencomb in [6], where a formal  ...
6
Explaining Chaos
Fractal. intricacy. 2.1 Chaos - of the sort that concerns us - is a feature of certain dynamical models which exhibit sensitive dependence on initial conditions plus ' confinement' plus (typical) aperiodicity. Which is to say, roughly, that tiny ...
Peter Smith, 1998
7
Between Two Worlds: A Reading of Descartes's Meditations
To judge from the examples, objective intricacy looks to be a sort of complexity or richness of structure contributing to overall perfection of an artifact (a machine, a painting, etc.). The appeal to objective intricacy suggests that at least part of ...
John Carriero, 2008
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English Synonymes, with Copious Illustrations and ...
COMPLEXITY, COMPLICATION, INTRICACY. Complexity and complication, in French compltca tion, Latin eomplicatio and complico, compounded of com and plico, signifies a folding one within another; intricacy, in Latin intricatio and intneo , ...
George Crabb, 1854
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An Exaltation of Forms: Contemporary Poets Celebrate the ...
The. Ballade: Exquisite. Intricacy. JUDITH. BARRINGTON. Oscar Wilde once wrote about his days at Oxford that they were "days of lyrical ardours and of studious sonnet-writing; days when one loved the exquisite intricacy and musical  ...
Annie Finch, Kathrine Varnes, 2002
10
An Essay on the Picturesque: As Compared with the Sublime ...
According to the idea I have formed of it, intricacy in landscape might be defined, that disposition of objects which, by a partial and uncertain concealment, excites and nourishes curiosity *. Variety can hardly require a definition, though, from ...
Sir Uvedale Price, 1796

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INTRICACY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term intricacy is used in the context of the following news items.
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What might Pluto sound like? Our musical love affair with the cosmos
... window at the night sky, to Stanley Kubrick exploiting the raw power of Strauss and the luminous intricacy of Ligeti in 2001: A Space Odyssey, somehow music ... «Scroll.in, Jul 15»
2
For Indian Weavers in Varanasi, Help for an Endangered Craft - The …
“After going to Varanasi and meeting with the weavers, I was inspired by the intricacy of their craft and wanted to do what I could to help them,” ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
3
Plumbing the Depths of Space and Human Psychology in 'Southern …
I'm talking about extraneous psychological intricacy that lends itself to agonizing over potential action, and inevitably leads to inaction. «PopMatters, Jul 15»
4
The Han Solo movie proves that prequels are the worst - The Week
As a cinematic universe, Star Wars is arguably unrivaled in its scope and mythological intricacy. With a whole galaxy and millenniums of history ... «The Week Magazine, Jul 15»
5
DeBrock Galleria to host Saturday on State July 25-Sept. 12 - Quad …
“Some pieces take days and some take a week or more, depending on the intricacy of the piece,” she said. She will be joined by Windy ... «Quad-Cities Online, Jul 15»
6
Brisbane Roar 1-2 Liverpool: 5 talking points from hard-fought Reds …
His intricacy in around the box is an underrated tool in his skill-set, alongside his ability to create an opportunity from nothing, but those ... «This Is Anfield, Jul 15»
7
Femi Kuti and the Positive Force at Band on the Wall - review - Andy …
A brief foray on the trumpet was less successful, although, overall, the music displays a little more intricacy and lightness of touch than his ... «Manchester Evening News, Jul 15»
8
Reflecting on a year in MRO | MRO Network
As a newcomer I could not begin to appreciate the challenges of maintaining commercial aircraft – the regulatory demands; the intricacy of the ... «MRO Network, Jul 15»
9
Robots will take many of our jobs – and that's good - The Orange …
In fact, there are so many jobs in agriculture due to the increasing intricacy of the industry that approximately 60,000 positions remain vacant. «OCRegister, Jul 15»
10
Hot Tuna goes electric at The State Theatre - Centre Daily Times
“James Brown comes to mind as the first real sound that the electric bass guitar changed the sound of the band and the intricacy of the ... «Centre Daily Times, Jul 15»

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