Length vs Complexity

Users hear constantly that they should add complexity to their
passwords, but from the math of it doesn't length beat complexity
(assuming they don't just choose a long word)? This is not to suggest
they should not use special characters, but simply that something like
Security.Basics.List would provide better security than D*3ft!7z. Is
that correct?

Thanks,
-Mike

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