Noun: obscurity ub'skyûr-i-tee
- The quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand
"The obscurity of his writing style limited his readership";
- obscureness, abstruseness, reconditeness
- An obscure and unimportant standing; not well known
"he worked in obscurity for many years"
- The state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination
"The obscurity of the fog made driving dangerous";
- obscureness
Derived forms: obscurities
Type of: incomprehensibility, semidarkness, standing
Antonym: prominence
Encyclopedia: Obscurity