Obscurity - English meaning

əbˈskjʊə.rə.ti

Obscurity – definitions in English dictionary

noun
The state of being unknown, inconspicuous, or unimportant.
Usage examples:
He is too good a player to slide into obscurity
Synonims:
Insignificance Inconspicuousness Unimportance Anonymity Non-recognition Ingloriousness Limbo Twilight Oblivion

noun
The state of not being known to many people
Usage examples:
She worked in obscurity for years., many movie reviewers confuse obscurity with quality.

noun
The state of being not clear and difficult to understand or see
Usage examples:
The story is convoluted and opaque, often to the point of total obscurity.

Obscurity translation into English

Obscurity: translate from English into Chinese

朦胧, 隐晦, 含糊

Obscurity: translate from English into Dutch

Onduidelijkheid, Duisternis, Duisterheid, Donkerheid, Donkerte

Obscurity: translate from English into French

Obscurité, Ténèbres

Obscurity: translate from English into German

Dunkelheit, Dunkel, Unklarheit, Finsternis, Unverständlichkeit, Undurchsichtigkeit, Verworrenheit

Obscurity: translate from English into Hindi

अंधकार, अस्पष्टता, दुर्बोधता, अंधेरा

Obscurity: translate from English into Italian

Oscurità, Ombra

Obscurity: translate from English into Korean

어둠, 불분명, 세상에 알려지지 않음

Obscurity: translate from English into Russian

Неизвестность, Безвестность, Неясность, Мрак, Незаметность, Темнота, Тьма, Непонятность, Непонятный человек, Что-либо неясное

Obscurity: translate from English into Spanish

Oscuridad, Tinieblas

Word origin

late Middle English: from Old French obscurite, from Latin obscuritas, from obscurus ‘dark’.

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Obscurity – similar words

obscurant

noun
A person who deliberately prevents the facts or full details of something from becoming known; an obscurantist.
Usage examples:
He is no pious obscurant wishing for a return to the days when issues were never discussed

adjective
Deliberately preventing the facts or full details of something from becoming known; obscurantist.
Usage examples:
The use of obscurant language

Obscurant - all meanings in English

obscurancy

noun
Obscurantism.

Obscurancy - all meanings in English

Obscurity synonims

anonymity

noun
The condition of being anonymous.
Usage examples:
The official spoke on condition of anonymity

noun
A situation in which a person is not known by or spoken of by name
Usage examples:
For witnesses who may be afraid to speak out, the police have guaranteed anonymity .

Anonymity - all meanings in English

insignificance

noun
The quality of being too small or unimportant to be worth consideration.
Usage examples:
He is aware of his own insignificance within the bigger picture

noun
The fact of being small or not noticeable, and therefore not considered important
Usage examples:
Advances in astronomy have reinforced the utter insignificance of earth on a celestial scale., pale…

Insignificance - all meanings in English

limbo

noun
(in some christian beliefs) the supposed abode of the souls of unbaptized infants, and of the just who died before christ's coming.
Usage examples:
She wore a black bonnet to match her dress and gloves; to jeremiah she looked like an engraving he'…

verb
Perform the limbo.
Usage examples:
The children limboed under the bar

noun
An uncertain situation that you cannot control and in which there is no progress or improvement
Usage examples:
Until we've got official permission to go ahead with the plans we will remain in limbo., bureaucrat…

Limbo - all meanings in English

non-recognition

noun
The fact of not agreeing that something is true or legal
Usage examples:
Indigenous people were protesting against the non-recognition of their laws and culture., the gover…

Non-recognition - all meanings in English

oblivion

noun
The state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening around one.
Usage examples:
They drank themselves into oblivion

noun
The state of being unconscious or lacking awareness of what is happening around you
Usage examples:
He wrote one extraordinary book and then faded into oblivion.

Oblivion - all meanings in English

twilight

noun
The soft glowing light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, caused by the reflection of the sun's rays from the atmosphere.
Usage examples:
She looked out on the beautiful twilight

Twilight - all meanings in English

unimportance

noun
The state or fact of lacking in importance or significance.
Usage examples:
The relative unimportance of wider kin ties in british culture

Unimportance - all meanings in English

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