| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ob·scu·ri·ty |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   b-sky r  -t ,  b- |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. ob·scu·ri·ties
1. Deficiency or absence of light; darkness. 2a. The quality or condition of being unknown: “Even utter obscurity need not be an obstacle to [political] success” (New Republic). b. One that is unknown. 3a. The quality or condition of being imperfectly known or difficult to understand: “writings meant to be understood . . . by all, composed without deliberate obscurity or hidden motives” (National Review). b. An instance of being imperfectly known or difficult to understand.
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