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Definition of Confusion
1. Noun. Disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably. "The army retreated in confusion"
Specialized synonyms: Demoralisation, Demoralization, Bluster, Bedlam, Chaos, Pandemonium, Topsy-turvydom, Topsy-turvyness, Hugger-mugger, Schemozzle, Shemozzle
2. 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
3. Noun. A feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused.
Generic synonyms: Embarrassment
Derivative terms: Confuse, Discombobulate, Discombobulate
4. Noun. An act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended. "The confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel"
Specialized synonyms: Babel
Derivative terms: Confuse
5. Noun. A mistake that results from taking one thing to be another. "He changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw"
Definition of Confusion
1. n. The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult.
Definition of Confusion
1. Noun. A lack of clarity or order. ¹
2. Noun. The state of being confused; not understanding. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Confusion
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Confusion
1. Disturbed orientation in regard to time, place or person, sometimes accompanied by disordered consciousness. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Confusion
Literary usage of Confusion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1904)
"The multiplicity and confusion of tribunals corresponded to a multiplicity and
... The mischief of such a multiplicity and confusion of laws had been ..."
2. The Law of Unfair Competition and Trademarks: With Chapters on Good-will by Harry Dwight Nims (1917)
"Explanatory Phrases as a Means of Eliminating confusion hi Family Names. — The
rule as it exists to-day in the conservative jurisdictions is stated by the ..."
3. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (1849)
"This, I think, is the confusion proper to ideas, which still carries with it ...
At least, if there be any other confusion of ideas, this is that which most ..."
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