- 1a complicated series of paths, which it is difficult to find your way through We lost our way in the labyrinth of streets.
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- 2(figurative) a labyrinth of rules and regulations compare maze
NAmE//ˌlæbəˈrɪnθən//, NAmE//ˌlæbəˈrɪnθin//
adjective (formal) labyrinthine corridors labyrinthine legislationSee labyrinth in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: labyrinth