Abstract and Complex

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Abstract adjective - Dealing with or expressing a quality or idea.

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Complex is a synonym for abstract in abstruse topic. In some cases you can use "Complex" instead an adjective "Abstract", when it comes to topics like conceptual, theoretical.

Complex adjective - Having many parts or aspects that are usually interrelated.

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Abstract is a synonym for complex in abstruse topic. Sometimes you can use "Abstract" instead an adjective "Complex".

gigantic	gigantic abstract	gigantic complex
larger	larger abstract	larger complex

Dream Sequence: The occasional dream level, made up of abstract and complex platforming puzzles.

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This is expected when what you're talking about is complex philosophy, abstract theology, or high politics (especially when you're from, say, Egypt and your interlocutor is, for instance, Moroccan).

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The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra, which states that every polynomial of degree n has exactly n complex roots (counting multiplicity), was named before the far more expansive field of abstract algebra was developed, and furthermore, cannot be proven using algebraic techniques alone.

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