complexifier

== English == === Etymology === From complexify +‎ -er. === Noun === complexifier (plural complexifiers) Someone or something that introduces complexity (into an issue or situation) 2011, Scott Berkun, Mindfire: Big Ideas for Curious Minds, BookBaby, pt. 26: Complexifiers are averse to reduction. Instinctively they turn basic assignments into quagmires and reject simple ideas until they’re buried in layers of abstraction. ==== Usage notes ==== The word can have positive and negative connotations, depending on the context and the speaker’s viewpoint. A complexifier may introduce much-needed complexity into an issue that would otherwise suffer from unwarranted oversimplification. Or a complexifier may make an essentially simple situation unnecessarily complex. === Further reading === Kelly Tyko (7 February 2019), “Searches for 'apoplectic' and 'complexifier' are trending after Jeff Bezos fires back”, in USA Today, USA Today. == French == === Etymology === From complexe +‎ -ifier. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ̃.plɛk.si.fje/ === Verb === complexifier (transitive) to complexify, complicate Antonym: simplifier Near-synonym: compliquer ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== complexification === Further reading === “complexifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012