Meaning of complexifier | Babel Free

Definitions

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

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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