obscurity

ob·scu·ri·ty  (b-skyr-t, b-)

n. pl. ob·scu·ri·ties

1. Deficiency or absence of light; darkness.

2.

a. The quality or condition of being unknown: "Even utter obscurity need not be an obstacle to [political] success" (New Republic).

b. One that is unknown.

3.

a. The quality or condition of being imperfectly known or difficult to understand: "writings meant to be understood . . . by all, composed without deliberate obscurity or hidden motives" (National Review).

b. An instance of being imperfectly known or difficult to understand.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	obscurity - the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand abstruseness, reconditeness, obscureness incomprehensibility - the quality of being incomprehensible clarity, clearness, limpidity, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity - free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression
	2.	obscurity - an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known; "he worked in obscurity for many years" standing - social or financial or professional status or reputation; "of equal standing"; "a member in good standing" anonymity, namelessness - the state of being anonymous humbleness, lowliness, obscureness, unimportance - the state of being humble and unimportant nowhere - an insignificant place; "he came out of nowhere" limbo, oblivion - the state of being disregarded or forgotten prominence - the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent
	3.	obscurity - the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination obscureness semidarkness - partial darkness

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obscurity

noun 1. insignificance, oblivion, unimportance, non-recognition, inconsequence, lowliness, inconspicuousness, namelessness, ingloriousness

noun 2. vagueness, complexity, ambiguity, intricacy, incomprehensibility, inexactitude, woolliness, abstruseness, impreciseness, impenetrableness, reconditeness, lack of preciseness << OPPOSITE clarity

noun 3. darkness, dark, shadows, shade, gloom, haze, blackness, murk, dimness, murkiness, haziness, duskiness, shadiness, shadowiness, indistinctness

Translations

obscurity [əbˈskjuərɪtɪ] n → oscuridad f;

(obscure point) → punto oscuro;

to rise from obscurity → salir de la nada

obscurity [əbˈskjuərɪtɪ] n → obscurité f

obscurity [əbˈskjuərɪtɪ] obscure n [of person, book] → Unbekanntheit f [of remark etc] → Unklarheit f

obscurity [əbˈskjuərɪtɪ] n → oscurità (= obscure point); punto oscuro (= lack of fame); anonimato