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Confusion Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Confusion? [n] a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; "he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw" [n] a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior [n] a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused [n] disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably; "the army retreated in confusion" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Confusion: disarray \| discombobulation \| mental confusion \| mix-up Related Terms \| Find terms related to Confusion: abashment \| agitation \| aloofness \| ambiguity \| ambiguousness \| amorphia \| amorphism \| amorphousness \| anarchism \| anarcho-syndicalism \| anarchy \| antinomianism \| assortment \| ataxia \| babel \| baffle \| bafflement \| balk \| bashfulness \| bedlam \| befuddlement \| bewilderment \| blurriness \| bother \| botheration \| chagrin \| chaos \| check \| checkmate \| cloud \| clutter \| combining \| commotion \| confounding \| confoundment \| contradiction \| coyness \| criminal syndicalism \| daze \| demureness \| demurity \| derangement \| destruction \| devastation \| diffusion \| dilemma \| din \| disarrangement \| disarray \| discombobulation \| discomfiture \| discomposure \| disconcert \| disconcertedness \| disconcertion \| disconcertment \| discontinuity \| discountenance \| discreteness \| disjunction \| dislocation \| disorder \| disorderliness \| disorganization \| disorientation \| dispersal \| dispersion \| disruption \| dissolution \| distress \| disturbance \| dither \| embarrassment \| enigma \| entropy \| fabulous formless darkness \| fix \| flap \| flummox \| flurry \| fluster \| flutter \| fog \| foil \| formlessness \| foul-up \| frenzy \| frustration \| fuddle \| fuddlement \| fuzziness \| gallimaufry \| hassle \| havoc \| haze \| haziness \| huddle \| hullabaloo \| incoherence \| inconsistency \| indecisiveness \| indefiniteness \| indeterminateness \| intermingling \| jam \| jumble \| lather \| license \| loss \| lynch law \| maze \| mess \| messiness \| misrule \| mist \| mistiness \| misunderstanding \| mixing \| mixture \| mix-up \| mob law \| mob rule \| mobocracy \| morass \| mortification \| mousiness \| muck \| muddle \| muddlement \| mystery \| nihilism \| nonadhesion \| noncohesion \| nonplus \| obscurity \| ochlocracy \| orderlessness \| pandemonium \| perplexity \| perturbation \| pickle \| plight \| pother \| predicament \| primal chaos \| problem \| pucker \| puzzle \| puzzlement \| quandary \| rebellion \| rebuff \| repulse \| reversal \| reverse \| revolution \| riddle \| rout \| ruffle \| ruination \| scattering \| scrape \| screw-up \| self-consciousness \| separateness \| setback \| shambles \| shamefacedness \| shamefastness \| shapelessness \| shuffle \| shyness \| skittishness \| snafu \| snarl \| stagefright \| stammering \| stew \| sweat \| swivet \| syndicalism \| timidity \| timidness \| timorousness \| tizzy \| tohubohu \| tumult \| turbulence \| turmoil \| unadherence \| unadhesiveness \| unassuredness \| unclearness \| unease \| uneasiness \| unruliness \| unsettlement \| untenacity \| upset \| vagueness See Also \| babel \| bafflement \| bedlam \| befuddlement \| bemusement \| bewilderment \| bluster \| chaos \| cognitive state \| daze \| demoralisation \| demoralization \| disorder \| disorientation \| distraction \| embarrassment \| error \| fault \| fog \| half-cock \| haze \| hugger-mugger \| jamais vu \| mistake \| mumbo jumbo \| mystification \| obfuscation \| pandemonium \| perplexity \| puzzlement \| schemozzle \| shemozzle \| state of mind \| topsy-turvydom \| topsy-turvyness Confusion In Webster's Dictionary \Con*fu"sion\, n. [F. confusion, L. confusio.] 1. The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult. The confusion of thought to which the Aristotelians were liable. --Whewell. Moody beggars starving for a time Of pellmell havoc and confusion. --Shak. 2. The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame. Confusion dwelt in every face And fear in every heart. --Spectator. 3. Overthrow; defeat; ruin. Ruin seize thee, ruthless king, Confusion on thy banners wait. --Gray. 4. One who confuses; a confounder. [Obs.] --Chapmen. {Confusion of goods} (Law), the intermixture of the goods of two or more persons, so that their respective portions can no longer be distinguished. --Blackstone. --Bouvier.

Confusion Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Confusion?

[n] a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; "he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw"
[n] a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior
[n] a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused
[n] disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably; "the army retreated in confusion"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Confusion: disarray | discombobulation | mental confusion | mix-up

Confusion In Webster's Dictionary

\Con*fu"sion\, n. [F. confusion, L. confusio.]
1. The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce
   indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder;
   tumult.

         The confusion of thought to which the Aristotelians
         were liable.                          --Whewell.

         Moody beggars starving for a time Of pellmell havoc
         and confusion.                        --Shak.

2. The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss
   self-possession; perturbation; shame.

         Confusion dwelt in every face And fear in every
         heart.                                --Spectator.

3. Overthrow; defeat; ruin.

         Ruin seize thee, ruthless king, Confusion on thy
         banners wait.                         --Gray.

4. One who confuses; a confounder. [Obs.] --Chapmen.

{Confusion of goods} (Law), the intermixture of the goods of
   two or more persons, so that their respective portions can
   no longer be distinguished. --Blackstone. --Bouvier.

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