Definition of abstruse in English:

abstruse

adjective əbˈstruːs

Difficult to understand; obscure.
an abstruse philosophical inquiry
Example sentencesExamples
- For you, is it a way of making philosophy, which actually often seems quite abstruse, into something more personal and practical?
- The popularity of the scripture in east Asia is no doubt due to its doctrinal simplicity; it makes only the two primary points listed above, and eschews discussions of abstruse philosophical matters.
- Now, this is not an abstruse philosophical distinction that we are seeking to make.
- Josh's mind boggled in the futile effort to penetrate the abstruse complexity of an esoteric form of thinking that was altogether foreign to him.
- And he covers what could be fairly abstruse philosophical questions in a remarkably clear and simple way.
- You will not find ‘society’ reflected in the ethical committees that labour so long and hard over abstruse points and moral issues.
- Its abstruse style may be hard going for those who are not so prepared.
- These analyses have varied from abstruse academic works at one end to crude ‘how to get rich quick by writing a novel’ manuals at the other.
- The catchy title and cover art attracted many to a tome that otherwise would have been considered way too abstruse to bother with.
- Similarly astronauts, today's counterpart of the pioneer ocean-crossers of yesteryear, seem by no means youthful and tend to have doctorates in the most abstruse subjects.
- Newman's passion for abstruse matters of theology strikes Wilson as escapism or worse.
- He missed lectures, dropped out of courses, spent long nights reading abstruse texts, and slept during the day.
- The language is abstruse and esoteric, almost incomprehensible, the ‘discourse’ inaccessible except to the initiates.
- Still, this is a Frank Black album, with its obscure references and abstruse lyrics.
- The books range from abstruse scholarship to collections of jokes to model questions for the West Bengal Civil Service entry exam.
- So the causes of China's ‘miracle’ are neither exotic nor abstruse.
- We are talking about design and visual culture here, after all, not abstruse aspects of philosophy.
- Is the reader of this text assumed to be put off by difficult, abstruse, theory-driven contemporary art and hungry for work that claims to be more directly understood?
- Reform of British institutions, like national health and education, are simply too abstruse for most Americans to understand.
- He was a singularly modest man with a passion for accuracy and a gift for the lucid exposition of difficult and abstruse problems.
Synonyms
obscure, arcane, esoteric, little known, recherché, rarefied, recondite, difficult, hard, puzzling, perplexing, enigmatic, inscrutable, cryptic, Delphic, complex, complicated, involved, over/above one's head, incomprehensible, unfathomable, impenetrable, mysterious
rare involute, involuted

Derivatives

abstrusely

adverb əbˈstruːsli

These range from the abstrusely technical to his Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations, which may be the most widely used introduction to Mahayana Buddhist thought in the English-speaking world.
Example sentencesExamples
- In exploring each little question raised by the events in Dallas (including many that are settled, in the eyes of every serious scholar), Stone seeks out the most abstrusely nefarious explanation possible…
- Seyyed Nasr rightly but abstrusely laments science's inability to fit consciousness into nature.
- Or, more appropriately, though rather more abstrusely, could she have been thinking of Rumour in Henry IV part 2, which with ‘covert enmity / Under the smile of safety wounds the world’?

abstruseness

noun əbˈstruːsnəs

Just hope that abstruseness may be mistaken for erudition.
Example sentencesExamples
- I'd been much, much less attracted by what is perhaps the more public face of philosophy, which is its abstruseness, its complexity, its boringness even.
- Chuma's stubborn abstruseness has alienated some critics, but it continues to inform her sense of theater and may be the only thing one can continue to expect from her.
- This seems to engender in those who write about it a feeling that the lack of any abstruseness in their subject demands a compensatory abstruseness in their language.
- Christian analytical philosophers are scorned by the obtuse for their abstruseness and abstraction, derided for their technical vocabulary, and accused of ‘scholasticism.’

Origin

Late 16th century: from Latin abstrusus 'put away, hidden', from abstrudere 'conceal', from ab- 'from' + trudere 'to push'.

Rhymes

abuse, adduce, Ballets Russes, Belarus, Bruce, burnous, caboose, charlotte russe, conduce, deduce, deuce, diffuse, douce, educe, excuse, goose, induce, introduce, juice, Larousse, loose, luce, misuse, moose, mousse, noose, obtuse, Palouse, produce, profuse, puce, recluse, reduce, Rousse, seduce, sluice, Sousse, spruce, traduce, truce, use, vamoose, Zeus

Definition of abstruse in US English:

abstruse

adjective

Difficult to understand; obscure.
an abstruse philosophical inquiry
Example sentencesExamples
- The popularity of the scripture in east Asia is no doubt due to its doctrinal simplicity; it makes only the two primary points listed above, and eschews discussions of abstruse philosophical matters.
- He missed lectures, dropped out of courses, spent long nights reading abstruse texts, and slept during the day.
- The language is abstruse and esoteric, almost incomprehensible, the ‘discourse’ inaccessible except to the initiates.
- Josh's mind boggled in the futile effort to penetrate the abstruse complexity of an esoteric form of thinking that was altogether foreign to him.
- So the causes of China's ‘miracle’ are neither exotic nor abstruse.
- We are talking about design and visual culture here, after all, not abstruse aspects of philosophy.
- Its abstruse style may be hard going for those who are not so prepared.
- Is the reader of this text assumed to be put off by difficult, abstruse, theory-driven contemporary art and hungry for work that claims to be more directly understood?
- Newman's passion for abstruse matters of theology strikes Wilson as escapism or worse.
- He was a singularly modest man with a passion for accuracy and a gift for the lucid exposition of difficult and abstruse problems.
- Still, this is a Frank Black album, with its obscure references and abstruse lyrics.
- These analyses have varied from abstruse academic works at one end to crude ‘how to get rich quick by writing a novel’ manuals at the other.
- And he covers what could be fairly abstruse philosophical questions in a remarkably clear and simple way.
- The catchy title and cover art attracted many to a tome that otherwise would have been considered way too abstruse to bother with.
- For you, is it a way of making philosophy, which actually often seems quite abstruse, into something more personal and practical?
- The books range from abstruse scholarship to collections of jokes to model questions for the West Bengal Civil Service entry exam.
- Reform of British institutions, like national health and education, are simply too abstruse for most Americans to understand.
- Now, this is not an abstruse philosophical distinction that we are seeking to make.
- Similarly astronauts, today's counterpart of the pioneer ocean-crossers of yesteryear, seem by no means youthful and tend to have doctorates in the most abstruse subjects.
- You will not find ‘society’ reflected in the ethical committees that labour so long and hard over abstruse points and moral issues.
Synonyms
obscure, arcane, esoteric, little known, recherché, rarefied, recondite, difficult, hard, puzzling, perplexing, enigmatic, inscrutable, cryptic, delphic, complex, complicated, involved, above one's head, over one's head, incomprehensible, unfathomable, impenetrable, mysterious

Origin

Late 16th century: from Latin abstrusus ‘put away, hidden’, from abstrudere ‘conceal’, from ab- ‘from’ + trudere ‘to push’.

单词	abstruse
释义	Definition of abstruse in English: abstruse adjective əbˈstruːs Difficult to understand; obscure. an abstruse philosophical inquiry Example sentencesExamples For you, is it a way of making philosophy, which actually often seems quite abstruse, into something more personal and practical? The popularity of the scripture in east Asia is no doubt due to its doctrinal simplicity; it makes only the two primary points listed above, and eschews discussions of abstruse philosophical matters. Now, this is not an abstruse philosophical distinction that we are seeking to make. Josh's mind boggled in the futile effort to penetrate the abstruse complexity of an esoteric form of thinking that was altogether foreign to him. And he covers what could be fairly abstruse philosophical questions in a remarkably clear and simple way. You will not find ‘society’ reflected in the ethical committees that labour so long and hard over abstruse points and moral issues. Its abstruse style may be hard going for those who are not so prepared. These analyses have varied from abstruse academic works at one end to crude ‘how to get rich quick by writing a novel’ manuals at the other. The catchy title and cover art attracted many to a tome that otherwise would have been considered way too abstruse to bother with. Similarly astronauts, today's counterpart of the pioneer ocean-crossers of yesteryear, seem by no means youthful and tend to have doctorates in the most abstruse subjects. Newman's passion for abstruse matters of theology strikes Wilson as escapism or worse. He missed lectures, dropped out of courses, spent long nights reading abstruse texts, and slept during the day. The language is abstruse and esoteric, almost incomprehensible, the ‘discourse’ inaccessible except to the initiates. Still, this is a Frank Black album, with its obscure references and abstruse lyrics. The books range from abstruse scholarship to collections of jokes to model questions for the West Bengal Civil Service entry exam. So the causes of China's ‘miracle’ are neither exotic nor abstruse. We are talking about design and visual culture here, after all, not abstruse aspects of philosophy. Is the reader of this text assumed to be put off by difficult, abstruse, theory-driven contemporary art and hungry for work that claims to be more directly understood? Reform of British institutions, like national health and education, are simply too abstruse for most Americans to understand. He was a singularly modest man with a passion for accuracy and a gift for the lucid exposition of difficult and abstruse problems. Synonyms obscure, arcane, esoteric, little known, recherché, rarefied, recondite, difficult, hard, puzzling, perplexing, enigmatic, inscrutable, cryptic, Delphic, complex, complicated, involved, over/above one's head, incomprehensible, unfathomable, impenetrable, mysterious rare involute, involuted Derivatives abstrusely adverb əbˈstruːsli These range from the abstrusely technical to his Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations, which may be the most widely used introduction to Mahayana Buddhist thought in the English-speaking world. Example sentencesExamples In exploring each little question raised by the events in Dallas (including many that are settled, in the eyes of every serious scholar), Stone seeks out the most abstrusely nefarious explanation possible… Seyyed Nasr rightly but abstrusely laments science's inability to fit consciousness into nature. Or, more appropriately, though rather more abstrusely, could she have been thinking of Rumour in Henry IV part 2, which with ‘covert enmity / Under the smile of safety wounds the world’? abstruseness noun əbˈstruːsnəs Just hope that abstruseness may be mistaken for erudition. Example sentencesExamples I'd been much, much less attracted by what is perhaps the more public face of philosophy, which is its abstruseness, its complexity, its boringness even. Chuma's stubborn abstruseness has alienated some critics, but it continues to inform her sense of theater and may be the only thing one can continue to expect from her. This seems to engender in those who write about it a feeling that the lack of any abstruseness in their subject demands a compensatory abstruseness in their language. Christian analytical philosophers are scorned by the obtuse for their abstruseness and abstraction, derided for their technical vocabulary, and accused of ‘scholasticism.’ Origin Late 16th century: from Latin abstrusus 'put away, hidden', from abstrudere 'conceal', from ab- 'from' + trudere 'to push'. Rhymes abuse, adduce, Ballets Russes, Belarus, Bruce, burnous, caboose, charlotte russe, conduce, deduce, deuce, diffuse, douce, educe, excuse, goose, induce, introduce, juice, Larousse, loose, luce, misuse, moose, mousse, noose, obtuse, Palouse, produce, profuse, puce, recluse, reduce, Rousse, seduce, sluice, Sousse, spruce, traduce, truce, use, vamoose, Zeus Definition of abstruse in US English: abstruse adjective Difficult to understand; obscure. an abstruse philosophical inquiry Example sentencesExamples The popularity of the scripture in east Asia is no doubt due to its doctrinal simplicity; it makes only the two primary points listed above, and eschews discussions of abstruse philosophical matters. He missed lectures, dropped out of courses, spent long nights reading abstruse texts, and slept during the day. The language is abstruse and esoteric, almost incomprehensible, the ‘discourse’ inaccessible except to the initiates. Josh's mind boggled in the futile effort to penetrate the abstruse complexity of an esoteric form of thinking that was altogether foreign to him. So the causes of China's ‘miracle’ are neither exotic nor abstruse. We are talking about design and visual culture here, after all, not abstruse aspects of philosophy. Its abstruse style may be hard going for those who are not so prepared. Is the reader of this text assumed to be put off by difficult, abstruse, theory-driven contemporary art and hungry for work that claims to be more directly understood? Newman's passion for abstruse matters of theology strikes Wilson as escapism or worse. He was a singularly modest man with a passion for accuracy and a gift for the lucid exposition of difficult and abstruse problems. Still, this is a Frank Black album, with its obscure references and abstruse lyrics. These analyses have varied from abstruse academic works at one end to crude ‘how to get rich quick by writing a novel’ manuals at the other. And he covers what could be fairly abstruse philosophical questions in a remarkably clear and simple way. The catchy title and cover art attracted many to a tome that otherwise would have been considered way too abstruse to bother with. For you, is it a way of making philosophy, which actually often seems quite abstruse, into something more personal and practical? The books range from abstruse scholarship to collections of jokes to model questions for the West Bengal Civil Service entry exam. Reform of British institutions, like national health and education, are simply too abstruse for most Americans to understand. Now, this is not an abstruse philosophical distinction that we are seeking to make. Similarly astronauts, today's counterpart of the pioneer ocean-crossers of yesteryear, seem by no means youthful and tend to have doctorates in the most abstruse subjects. You will not find ‘society’ reflected in the ethical committees that labour so long and hard over abstruse points and moral issues. Synonyms obscure, arcane, esoteric, little known, recherché, rarefied, recondite, difficult, hard, puzzling, perplexing, enigmatic, inscrutable, cryptic, delphic, complex, complicated, involved, above one's head, over one's head, incomprehensible, unfathomable, impenetrable, mysterious Origin Late 16th century: from Latin abstrusus ‘put away, hidden’, from abstrudere ‘conceal’, from ab- ‘from’ + trudere ‘to push’.
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