decomplex

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ complex (with de- as intensifier).

Adjective

decomplex (comparative more decomplex, superlative most decomplex)

1. Repeatedly compound; made up of complex constituents.
   • 1809, William Nicholson, The British Encyclopedia - Volume 5:

     And it happeens in most cases, that the decomplex idea belonging to any sentence, is not compounded merely to the complex ideas belonging to the words of it; but that there are also many variations, some oppositions, and numberless additions.

   • 1999, Richard Allen, David Hartley on Human Nature, page 169:

     For an expert performer will play from notes, or ideas laid up in memory, or from the connexion of the several complex parts of the decomplex motions, some or all; and, at the same time, carry on a quite different train of thoughts in his mind, or even hold a conversation with another.

   • 2004, Lynn A. Botelho, Old Age and the English Poor Law, 1500-1700, page 19:

     The decomplex nature of English poor relief resulted from the interplay between two factors: the growth of government at both the central and local level and the evolution of the churchwarden as a parish officer whose brief also included the relief of the poor.

Verb

decomplex (third-person singular simple present decomplexes, present participle decomplexing, simple past and past participle decomplexed)

1. (chemistry) To cause, or to undergo decomplexation

Anagrams

• complexed