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confusion

  • noun
  • /kənˈfjuːʒən/

A lack of clarity or order.

Other meanings

  1. The state of being confused; misunderstanding.

  2. The act of mistaking one thing for another or conflating distinct things.

Related words

  • confusional
  • confusionism
  • confusionist
  • deconfusion
  • year of confusion
  • cone of confusion
  • minim confusion
  • muscle confusion
  • nipple confusion
  • reverse confusion
  • compfusion

Example sentences

  • “Everything was lost in the confusion.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Latin "confusio" (confusio, confusionem).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “confusion” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.