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. 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.

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. 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.

4. Andrea Ramsey:

   In its rush to claim the high ground in our roiling national conversation about harassment, the Democratic Party has implemented a zero-tolerance standard, for me, that means a vindictive, terminated employee’s false allegations are enough for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) to decide not to support our promising campaign. We are in a national moment where rough justice stands in place of careful analysis, nuance and due process.

5. Brian Crowley:

   I still think the most effective way to deal with him is to sit down and talk to him, because you lose a lot of nuance and facial expressions in email, it's not my favorite way.