Complex
Complex adjective - Having many parts or aspects that are usually interrelated.
Usage example: complex issues regarding free speech and school discipline
Simplistic is an antonym for complex.
Simplistic
Simplistic adjective - Characterized by extreme and often misleading simplicity.
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Complex is an antonym for simplistic.
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- The coloring of there armor and armor, Mega perfering brighter colors and simplistic design to Bass's Darker and more complex looking armor.
Source: Foil / Video Games -
Characterization Marches On: Compare the simplistic way in which Victoria, Noelle and Jonathan behave during the first eight chapters with the far more nuanced and complex characterizations they begin to receive during and after chapter nine.
Source: Webcomic / Demon Candy: Parallel -
The actual drawings of the characters started to look much more rounded and simplistic, the coloring became less complex, and the faraway shots of characters were so catastrophic, they could easily fit in with the Puella Magi Madoka Magica parody linked above.
Source: Off Model / Anime and Manga
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