obscurity

1 the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand [syn: obscureness, abstruseness, reconditeness] [ant: clarity]

2 an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known; "he worked in obscurity for many years" [ant: prominence]

3 the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination [syn: obscureness]

English

Noun

1. Darkness; the absence of light
2. The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown
3. The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand

Related terms

• obscure

Translations

• Spanish: oscuridad

Obscurity may refer to:

• Darkness
• Obscurity (recording), a "bootleg" recording of music from Pink Floyd
• Security through obscurity, a controversial principle in security engineering which attempts to use secrecy to provide security

See also

• Obscure (disambiguation)

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