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deconfusion en · NOUN

Etymology

From de- + confusion.

Meanings

  1. A statistical technique, similar to independent component analysis, for separating correlated data.
    • The current deconfusion approach operates on some given premises. 2004, Dragos Datcu, L.J.M. Rothkrantz, AIBO Robot as a soccer and rescue game player:
    • The OF coefficients are calculated, and the deconfusion parameters are derived. 2011 June, David Jäckel, Jan Müller, Muhammad Usman Khalid, Urs Frey, Doublas Bakkum, Andreas Hierlemann, “High-density microelectrode array system and optimal filtering for closed-loop experiments”, in Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference:
    • A deconfusion analysis of the deep Spitzer photometry available suggests that these galaxies exhibit strong rest-frame optical nebular emission lines (EW_0(H_beta + [OIII]) > 600A). 2016, R.A.A. Bowler, J.S. Dunlop, R.J. McLure, D.J. McLeod, “Unveiling the nature of bright z ~ 7 galaxies with the Hubble Space Telescope”, in arXiv:
  2. A stage of transactional analysis that consists in shedding light on repressed needs and feelings from an earlier child ego state.
    • The methodology for deconfusion consists of an analysis of the domains of transference together with the therapist's use of emphatic transaction... The aim of deconfusion is the transformation of unconscious processes such as archaic, domrant and conflicted aspects of self, into a more conscious, vibrant and mature dynamic. 2012, Michele Novellino, The Transactional Analyst in Action: Clinical Seminars, →ISBN, page 144:
    • If we are using Berne's principle that decontamination precedes deconfusion, the process of resolution (treatment direction) of associated script decisions can be considered to run parallel to this, but running in the opposite direction. 2009, Mark Widdowson, Transactional Analysis: 100 Key Points and Techniques, →ISBN, page 275:
    • These are signs that decontamination has taken place but deconfusion has not yet been established. 2013, Petruska Clarkson, Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy: An Integrated Approach, →ISBN:
  3. The process of reducing or eliminating confusion; clarification.
    • Very often these moments seem to arise on waking up; but probably this really means that sometime during the night I have undergone the process of deconfusion which is necessary to establish my ideas. 1993, Rosemary Schmalz, "Out of the mouths of mathematicians": a quotation book for philomaths:
    • The simple task of cultural deconfusion through cultural self-reorientation is to repudiate the pseudo-negative and truly negative aspects of one's identity. 1988, Lillian Comas-Díaz, Ezra E. H. Griffith, Clinical guidelines in cross-cultural mental health, page 330:
    • I have great personal respect for both, but if the testimony presented this committee last week is an example of deconfusion, Congress might well spare the American consumer that bargain. 1966, United States Congress House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Hearings, page 278: