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Definition of Confusion

Confusion
Confusion Con*fu"sion, n. [F. confusion, L. confusio.] 1. The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult. The confusion of thought to which the Aristotelians were liable. --Whewell. Moody beggars starving for a time Of pellmell havoc and confusion. --Shak. 2. The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame. Confusion dwelt in every face And fear in every heart. --Spectator. 3. Overthrow; defeat; ruin. Ruin seize thee, ruthless king, Confusion on thy banners wait. --Gray. 4. One who confuses; a confounder. [Obs.] --Chapmen. Confusion of goods (Law), the intermixture of the goods of two or more persons, so that their respective portions can no longer be distinguished. --Blackstone. --Bouvier.

Meaning of Confusion from wikipedia

- In Psychology, confusion is the quality or emotional state of being bewildered or unclear. The term "acute mental confusion" is often used interchangeably...
- Confusion Is **** is the debut studio album by American noise rock band Sonic Youth. It was released in 1983 by Neutral Records. It has been referred to...
- The Confusion is a novel by Neal Stephenson. It is the second volume in The Baroque Cycle and consists of two sections or books, Bonanza and The Juncto...
- For the 2021 Eastercon called ConFusion see the 2021 Eastercon ConFusion is an annual science fiction convention founded in 1974 by a University of Michigan...
- learning and specifically the problem of statistical classification, a confusion matrix, also known as error matrix, is a specific table layout that allows...
- In optics, a circle of confusion (CoC) is an optical spot caused by a cone of light rays from a lens not coming to a perfect focus when imaging a point...
- phenomenon—namely the origins of the multiplicity of languages.: 426  The confusion of tongues (Latin: confusio linguarum) resulting from the construction...
- "Land of Confusion" is a song by the English rock band Genesis from their thirteenth studio album, Invisible Touch (1986). The music was written by the...
- Look up confusion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Confusion is the state of being bewildered or unclear in one's mind about something. Confusion or Confused...
- In cryptography, confusion and diffusion are two properties of a secure cipher identified by Claude Shannon in his 1945 classified report A Mathematical...