elaborateness

Definitions

The quality of being worked out with great care and detail.

The state of being complex, intricate, or highly decorated.

Examples

The sheer elaborateness of the cathedral's stained glass windows left the tourists in complete awe.

He was criticized for the unnecessary elaborateness of his proposal, which made the simple project seem far more complicated than it needed to be.

Synonyms

complexity intricacy detail ornateness sophistication finesse involvedness

Antonyms

simplicity plainness basicness starkness sparseness unadornedness rudimentariness