Synonyms for nuance
ˈnu ɑns, ˈnyu-, nuˈɑns, nyu-nu·ance

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1. nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinementnoun

   a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude

   "without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"; "don't argue about shades of meaning"

   Synonyms:
   cultivation, wraith, shade, refinement, shadiness, polish, refining, rightness, specter, ghost, purification, tincture, tint, shadowiness, nicety, culture, civilization, spectre, spook, civilisation, elaboration, subtlety, tone, finish, justness, niceness, tad

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1. List of paraphrases for "nuance":

   hue, shade, grade, undertone

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1. William McCants:

   The President is not known for nuance, which is what a speech like this requires to escape the potential wrath of his multiple audiences.

2. Dan Ives:

   For Nadella Co, this is the right acquisition at the right time with Microsoft doubling down on its healthcare initiatives over the coming years, the Nuance deal is a strategic no brainer.

3. Dean Acheson:

   The task of a public officer seeking to explain and gain support for a major policy is not that of the writer of a doctoral thesis, qualification must give way to simplicity of statement, nicety and nuance to bluntness, almost brutality, in carrying home a point.

4. Gail Saltz:

   You want to wait until a child has the developmental capacity to understand nuance and gray zone. The problem is that when the material is so out there, they are hearing about it anyway.

5. Tim Young:

   Chris Harrison stepped aside and allowed Chris Harrison to be canceled by it. Chris Harrison shouldn't have, chris Harrison should have forced them to fire Chris Harrison publicly and make a statement about it and then fight back against it. But instead Chris Harrison's OK with being canceled for pointing out a nuance of cancel culture, not for supporting what this woman did. That's the most ridiculous part of the whole thing.