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complex definition

com·plex (käm pleks, kämpleks′; kəm pleks; for n. always kämpleks′)

adjective

  1. consisting of two or more related parts
  2. not simple; involved or complicated

Etymology: < L complexus, pp. of complecti, to encircle, embrace < com-, with + plectere, to weave: see flax

noun

  1. a group of interrelated ideas, activities, etc. that form, or are viewed as forming, a single whole
  2. an assemblage of units, as buildings or roadways, that together form a single, comprehensive group
  3. Psychoanalysis
    1. an integration of impulses, ideas, and emotions related to a particular object, activity, etc., largely unconscious, but strongly influencing the individual's attitudes and behavior
    2. popularly an exaggerated dislike or fear

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