complexes Definition

complex
adj

1. Composed of many interrelated parts.

Thesaurus: heterogeneous, multiple, motley, aggregate, compound, miscellaneous, multifarious; Antonym: homogeneous, single.
2. Complicated; involved; tangled.

Thesaurus: intricate, complicated, elaborate, labyrinthine, irreducible, convoluted, inscrutable, puzzling, circuitous; Antonym: apparent, understandable.

noun complexes

1. Something made of interrelating parts, eg a multi-purpose building.

Example: a leisure complex
Thesaurus: composite, conglomerate, system, association, collection, aggregation, group, entanglement, totality.
2. psychoanal.
A set of repressed thoughts and emotions that strongly influence an individual's behaviour and attitudes.
3. colloq
An obsession or phobia.
Thesaurus: obsession, phobia, syndrome, mania.

Etymology: 17c: from Latin complexus, from complectere to encompass, to embrace.