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. 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.

2. 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.

3. Erik Davis:

   It’s about three generations of family who come together in a cramped Chinatown apartment in New York City to celebrate Thanksgiving, the film is layered with nuance … deeply haunting and ultimately very moving.

4. Alex Day:

   Bitters is one of the flavors that has been deeply explored. The second stage is the nuance of bitters as modifiers.

5. Philippe Malherbe:

   The court lists various things that certain people should have done, but nothing that Monseigneur Leonard categorically should have done. That nuance is important.