perplexity en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /pəˈplɛksɪti/ (UK)
- /pəɹˈplɛksəti/ (US)
Etymology
From Middle English perplexite, borrowed from Middle French perplexité or post-classical Latin perplexitās, from perplexus (“entangled”). By surface analysis, perplex + -ity.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The state or quality of being perplexed.
There is no such thing as 'chance', which term only signifies the mind's perplexity in the face of events that spring from multiple causes.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 121:
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(countable, uncountable) Something that perplexes.
The Emperor, who was by then a focus of unresolvable perplexities, stood providing a strongly contrary appearance.
1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, page 149:
- (countable, uncountable) A measure of the accuracy with which a probability distribution or model predicts a sample.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| perplexities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
bewilderment · confusion · puzzlement
Translations (36)
tr kararsızlık (the state or quality of being perplexed) · pl ambaras (the state or quality of being perplexed) · fi hämmentyneisyys (the state or quality of being perplexed) · ota شاشقینلق (the state or quality of being perplexed) · bg смущение (the state or quality of being perplexed) · ru замеша́тельство (the state or quality of being perplexed) · cmn 茫然 (the state or quality of being perplexed) · tr şaşkınlık (the state or quality of being perplexed) · gl perplexidade (the state or quality of being perplexed) · la perplexitās (the state or quality of being perplexed) · nl verbijstering (the state or quality of being perplexed) · el σύγχυση (the state or quality of being perplexed) · ja 困惑 (the state or quality of being perplexed) · de Perplexität (the state or quality of being perplexed) · tr çekimserlik (the state or quality of being perplexed) · ru расте́рянность (the state or quality of being perplexed) · bg обърканост (the state or quality of being perplexed) · mi mangangatanga (the state or quality of being perplexed) · cmn 迷惘 (the state or quality of being perplexed) · it perplessità (the state or quality of being perplexed) · mi raumaharatanga (the state or quality of being perplexed) · kk абыржушылық (the state or quality of being perplexed) · fi hämmennys (the state or quality of being perplexed) · nl verwardheid (the state or quality of being perplexed) · fa سرگشتگی (the state or quality of being perplexed) · he מבוכה (the state or quality of being perplexed) · ro perplexitate (the state or quality of being perplexed) · fr perplexité (the state or quality of being perplexed) · ga aincheas (the state or quality of being perplexed) · es perplejidad (the state or quality of being perplexed) · ug زالالەت (the state or quality of being perplexed) · cmn 困惑 (the state or quality of being perplexed) · sa लोभ (the state or quality of being perplexed) · mi rapeka (the state or quality of being perplexed) · nl verwarring (the state or quality of being perplexed) · ja 当惑 (the state or quality of being perplexed)