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I'm looking for a word that would describe a certain idea that is so easy-to-grasp that it appears to be innate, yet it is thoroughly complex and complicated.

An example is national identity, which anyone can understand and explain in simple terms, but there are extensive bodies of literature and research on the subject.

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  • I would say "deceptive".
    – Hot Licks
    Commented Apr 4, 2017 at 1:21
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    I think deceptively simple may work here.
    – Burhan Khalid
    Commented Apr 4, 2017 at 4:39

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To echo comments, how about Deceptively Complex?

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