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Definition of Confusedness
1. Noun. A mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior. "A confusion of impressions"
Generic synonyms: Cognitive State, State Of Mind
Specialized synonyms: Disorientation, Distraction, Daze, Fog, Haze, Half-cock, Jamais Vu, Bafflement, Befuddlement, Bemusement, Bewilderment, Mystification, Obfuscation, Puzzlement, Perplexity
Derivative terms: Confused, Confused, Confused, Confuse
Definition of Confusedness
1. n. A state of confusion.
Definition of Confusedness
1. Noun. The state or quality of being confused ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Confusedness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Confusedness
Literary usage of Confusedness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Arabic-English Lexicon: Derived from the Best and the Most Copious by Edward William Lane (1885)
"JLj confusedness of a thing or an affair or a case ; ai also * J~i : (M :) [and
... (M.) — - Also, The confusedness of darkness, or the beginning of night. ..."
2. Psychological Review by American Psychological Association (1895)
"His sense of perplexity seldom wholly left him, and often made him converse in
a curiously broken and fragmentary way, with some of the confusedness, ..."
3. The Works of George Berkeley, D.D., Bishop of Cloyne by George Berkeley, John Dewey, Ferdinand Gregorovius, George Sampson, Annie Hamilton, Arthur James Balfour Balfour (1898)
"And thus the gradual changing confusedness of an object may concur to form our
apprehension of near distance, when we look only with one eye. ..."
4. The Philosophical Review by Sage School of Philosophy, Cunningham, Gustavus Watts, 1881-, James Edwin Creighton, Frank Thilly, Jacob Gould Schurman (1897)
"Looked at from the point of view of the confusedness, space and time, whatever
one call them, are really phenomenal; and it is in this way that they gain ..."
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