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confusion::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | discombobulation |
| Type of | embarrassment |
| Derivation | confuse |
confusion::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | confusedness, disarray, mental confusion, muddiness |
| Type of | state of mind, cognitive state |
| Has types | bemusement, bewilderment, puzzlement, perplexity, haze, bafflement, befuddlement, mystification, disorientation, distraction, fog, half-cock, jamais vu, daze, obfuscation |
| Derivation | confuse |
a confusion of impressions.
confusion::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | combining, compounding, combination |
| Has types | babel |
| Derivation | confuse |
the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel.
confusion::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | disorder |
| Has types | demoralization, demoralisation, pandemonium, chaos, bluster, schemozzle, shemozzle, bedlam, topsy-turvydom, hugger-mugger, topsy-turvyness |
the army retreated in confusion.
Examples of confusion
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Adding to the confusion is that I have two children, too, who have my last name.
From the kentucky.com
Confusion reigns over whether this weekend's EU summit can agree the grand plan.
From the telegraph.co.uk
So get ready for more posturing and more confusion, but it could happen quickly.
From the stltoday.com
I thought there was some confusion every once in a while, but it got worked out.
From the latimes.com
Culture has disintegrated, causing subconscious, sometimes conscious, confusion.
From the guardian.co.uk
This will avoid confusion, drama and misplaced suspicions further down the line.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Have they caused confusion instead of telling politicians how to save the world?
From the newscientist.com
This seems to be because of the visual confusion that makes new contours appear.
From the newscientist.com
Moseley ended the confusion by linking an element's spot to its positive charge.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- Disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably; "the army retreated in confusion"
- A mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior; "a confusion of impressions"
- A feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused
- An act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended; "the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel"
- A mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; "he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw"
- (confused) baffled: perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school"
- Confusion (from Latin confusu012Do, -u014Dnis, from confundere: "to pour together;" "to mingle together;" "to confuse") is the state of being bewildered or unclear in oneu2019s mind about something.
- ConFusion is an annual science fiction convention organized by the Stilyagi Air Corps and its parent organization, the Ann Arbor Science Fiction Association. Commonly, it is held the third weekend of January. ...
- In cryptography, confusion and diffusion are two properties of the operation of a secure cipher which were identified by Claude Shannon in his paper Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems, published in 1949.
