Meaning of complexifier | Babel Free

Definitions

Someone or something that introduces complexity (into an issue or situation)

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Examples

“Whereas the complexifiers emphasize tolerance of ambiguity, contradiction, and change⟳ as critical ingredients for good judgment, the fundamentalists take⟳ a starkly different approach⟳.”

“The complexifiers seek⟳ to acknowledge and express⟳ the contradiction and to articulate reasons for resolving it one way or the other without reference to a single overarching theory or formula.”

“Again and again, the porcupine has been a teacher, a storyteller of the woods, a complexifier and adorner of the world.”

“Complexifiers are averse to reduction. Instinctively they turn⟳ basic assignments into quagmires and reject⟳ simple ideas until they’re buried in layers of abstraction.”

“The Complexifier is well-meaning but annoying. The first words out of the Complexifier’s mouth are, “Yes but . . .””

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