confusion

(kən-fyū'zhən)
n.

1. 1. The act of confusing or the state of being confused: Backstage confusion made the rehearsal difficult.
   2. An instance of being confused: "After his awakening to Chicano identity, he briefly mastered his inner confusions and found an articulate voice" (David C. Unger).
2. Psychology. Impaired orientation with respect to time, place, or person; a disturbed mental state.

confusional con·fu'sion·al adj.

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noun

1. Self-conscious distress: abashment, chagrin, discomfiture, discomposure, embarrassment. See pain/pleasure.
2. A lack of order or regular arrangement: chaos, clutter, confusedness, derangement, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization, jumble, mess, mix-up, muddle, muss, scramble, topsy-turviness, tumble. Slang snafu. See order/disorder.

n

Definition: disorientation
Antonyms: clarity, order, organization, orientation, sense

n

Definition: disoriented state
Antonyms: calm, clarity, composure, method, order, organization, orientation, system

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The combination or mixture of two things; the process of commingling.

Confusion has been used synonymously with merger, meaning a union of two separate entities that eliminates clear boundaries. Confusion of rights, for example, is a combination of the rights of debtor and creditor in the same individual. Similarly, a confusion of titles exists when two titles to the same property combine in the same person. A confusion of debts is a method of eliminating a debt or canceling it. This may occur, for example, upon the death of a creditor when the debtor is the creditor's heir.

IN BRIEF: n. - A mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; A mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior.

I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion. — Jack Kerouac

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Quotes:

"I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks." - Daniel Boone

"Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age." - Albert Einstein

"I'm not confused, I'm just well mixed." - Robert Frost

"If confusion is the first step to knowledge, I must be a genius." - Larry Leissner

"Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not yet understood." - Henry Miller

"If you can't convince them; confuse them." - Harry S. Truman

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n

A mental state characterized by disorientation regarding time, place, or person that causes bewilderment, perplexity, lack of orderly thought, and inability to act decisively or perform the activities associated with daily living.

For a list of words related to confusion, see:

• Signs and Symptoms - confusion: mental disorder, distraction, or inability to distinguish things clearly
• Animal Groups - confusion: group of guinea fowls
• Confusion

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - forveksling, forvirring, uro

Nederlands (Dutch)
verwarring, wanorde

Français (French)
n. - chaos, embarras, confusion

Deutsch (German)
n. - Durcheinander, Verwirrung, Verwechslung, Verlegenheit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σύγχυση, ανακατωσούρα, παραζάλη, μπέρδεμα, μπλέξιμο

Italiano (Italian)
confusione, smarrimento, turbamento, disordine, scompiglio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - confusão (f), perplexidade (f)

Русский (Russian)
отчаяние, неразбериха, смущение

Español (Spanish)
n. - confusión, turbación, azoramiento, desorden, desconcierto

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förvirring, förväxling, förlägenhet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
混乱, 无秩序, 混淆

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 混亂, 無秩序, 混淆

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 혼동 , 얼떨떨함

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 混乱, 混同, 当惑, 狼狽

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ارباك, حيرة, تشويش‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מבוכה, בלבול, מהומה‬

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