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View synonyms for obtuseness
obtuseness
[ uhb-toos-nis, -tyoos- ]
noun
- lack of quickness, alertness, or sensitivity in perception, intellect, or feeling, often arising from conscious or unconscious resistance:
What I find very tiresome is your willful obtuseness—your refusal to admit facts that are well-known or arguments you have lost.
- the quality or degree of bluntness in physical form; lack of sharpness or acuteness:
Platybasia is an abnormal obtuseness of the basal angle of the brain.
- the fact or quality of being indistinctly felt or perceived, as pain or sound:
The chief indication of deep-seated, pervasive inflammation seems to be the obtuseness of the pain.
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- sub·ob·tuse·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of obtuseness1
First recorded in 1640–50; obtuse ( def ) + -ness ( def )
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