Definition for Obliquity:

• Deviation from ordinary rules; irregularity; deviation from moral rectitude.

Synonyms for Obliquity:

• n.

  •angle (noun)
  • y,
  • fork,
  • crook,
  • turning,
  • slant,
  • VS,
  • flare,
  • turn,
  • intersection,
  • nook,
  • knee,
  • V,
  • edge,
  • flexures,
  • divergence,
  • Obliquities,
  • elbow,
  • bend,
  • corner,
  • point,
  • crotch,
  • turnings,
  • twist,
  • flection,
  • notch,
  • cusp,
  • incline,
  • flexure,
  • decline,
  • dogleg.
  •asynclitism (noun)
  • asynclitism.
  •deceptiveness (noun)
  • deceptiveness.
  •folly (noun)
  • rashness,
  • foolishness,
  • lunacy,
  • irrationality,
  • unsoundness,
  • inanity,
  • craziness,
  • impracticality,
  • imprudence,
  • madness,
  • vice,
  • absurdity,
  • triviality,
  • preposterousness,
  • fatuity,
  • stupidity,
  • imbecility,
  • indiscretion,
  • idiocy.
  •grade (noun)
  • bank,
  • acclivity,
  • tangent,
  • gradient,
  • rise,
  • height,
  • inclination,
  • ascent,
  • embankment,
  • pitch,
  • leaning,
  • upgrade,
  • lean,
  • tilt,
  • downgrade,
  • cant,
  • hill,
  • plane,
  • elevation,
  • level,
  • declivity,
  • descent,
  • climb.
  •slope (noun)
  • bias,
  • bevel,
  • skew,
  • tip,
  • shelf,
  • diagonal,
  • declination,
  • sway,
  • abruptness,
  • deviation.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • angle,
  • daftness,
  • deflection,
  • folly,
  • grade,
  • inadvisability,
  • inclined plane,
  • obliqueness,
  • ramp,
  • recklessness,
  • senselessness,
  • silliness,
  • slope,
  • steepness,
  • swag,
  • dottiness,
  • grades,
  • deflections,
  • tangents,
  • idiocies,
  • diagonals,
  • witlessness,
  • rising ground,
  • dumb thing to do,
  • dumb trick.

Antonyms for Obliquity:

• n.

  • folly
    intelligence, seriousness, knowledge, carefulness, judgment, understanding, wisdom, sense, care.
  • grade
    decline, lowness.
  • slope
    level, upgrade, evenness.
  • Other antonyms:
    directness, visibility, incision, clarity, exactness, incisiveness, tangibleness, obviousness, clearness, lucidity, tangibility, perspicuity, openness, surety, Self-evidence, legibility, perspicuousness, forthrightness, explicitness, definiteness, readableness, readability, distinctness, Lucidness, palpability, plainness, certainty, comprehensibility, brightness, intelligibility, straightforwardness.

Obliquity Sentence Examples:

• In rare cases the obliquity of the fracture is downward and backward, and the lower fragment is displaced forward.

• Now the truth is that a Chinese, whose mind is formed, not by " religion" as we understand it, but simply by the intense pressure of " Old Custom," which we do not understand, thinks in a different manner from an European; moralists accuse him of " moral obliquity," but in reality it is a moral difference.