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Obtuseness

State or quality of being obtuse.

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Bluntness 76% connected

Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; want of sharpness.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dullness 76% connected

The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightn…

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Stupidity 76% connected

The quality or state of being stupid; extreme dullness of perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness.

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Oscitancy 76% connected

The act of gaping or yawning.

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Obtuse 74% connected

Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Obtuse 74% connected

Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.

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Dullness 92% connected

The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightn…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Acuteness 94% connected

The quality of being acute or pointed; sharpness; as, the acuteness of an angle.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Acuteness 94% connected

The quality of being acute or pointed; sharpness; as, the acuteness of an angle.

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the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

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the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

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something immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a result

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Condensation noun · 86% connection

(psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams

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Deciding noun · 86% connection

the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making"

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(psychoanalysis) the conscious mind

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Episteme noun · 86% connection

the body of ideas that determine the knowledge that is intellectually certain at any particular time

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General knowledge noun · 86% connection

knowledge that is available to anyone

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Invalidation noun · 86% connection

when a person's thoughts and feelings are rejected, ignored, or judged.; "Invalidation is emotionally upsetting for anyone, but partic…

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Knowledge noun · 86% connection

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

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Lexis noun · 86% connection

all of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical function

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Mental attitude noun · 86% connection

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Mental lexicon noun · 86% connection

a language user's knowledge of words

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Mental object noun · 86% connection

the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

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(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

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Noesis noun · 86% connection

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

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Acute adjective · 78% connection

Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf.

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Amblygon noun · 78% connection

An obtuse-angled figure, esp. and obtuse-angled triangle.

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Amblygonal adjective · 78% connection

Obtuse-angled.

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Boeotian adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to Boeotia; hence, stupid; dull; obtuse.

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Bull's-nose noun · 78% connection

An external angle when obtuse or rounded.

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Diamond noun · 78% connection

A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus;…

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Dim superl. · 78% connection

Of obscure vision; not seeing clearly; hence, dull of apprehension; of weak perception; obtuse.

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Edgeless adjective · 78% connection

Without an edge; not sharp; blunt; obtuse; as, an edgeless sword or weapon.

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Groin noun · 78% connection

The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults, growing more obtuse as it approaches the summit.

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Heart noun · 78% connection

That which resembles a heart in shape; especially, a roundish or oval figure or object having an obtuse point at one end, and at the o…

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Hebetate verb · 78% connection

To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt; to stupefy; as, to hebetate the intellectual faculties.

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Heel noun · 78% connection

The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafte…

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Hogback noun · 78% connection

An upward curve or very obtuse angle in the upper surface of any member, as of a timber laid horizontally; -- the opposite of camber.

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