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perplexity

/pəˈplɛksɪti

noun (plural perplexities) [mass noun]

1Inability to deal with or understand something: she paused in perplexity...

They gazed at her work with puzzled perplexity.
Confusion and perplexity characterise the political establishment everywhere.
The ambivalence from the clash of voices results in mental and emotional states of perplexity.

Synonyms

confusion, bewilderment, puzzlement, bafflement, incomprehension, lack of comprehension, mystification, bemusement, befuddlement;

quandary, nonplus

informal bamboozlement, discombobulation

rare disconcertion, disconcertment

1.1 [count noun] (usually perplexities) A complicated or baffling situation or thing: the perplexities of international relations...

Outside the train, the concert footage is mingled with modern-day interviews, much of them regarding the political perplexities at the time.
The novel explores the meaning of enlightenment, and the perplexities of reconciling the ineffable and the everyday.
Because the characters' moral perplexities are so carefully rendered throughout, they are captivating to the end.

Synonyms

complexity, complication, intricacy, problem, difficulty, dilemma, mystery, puzzle, enigma, paradox, obscurity;

obfuscation

2 archaic An entangled state: the dense perplexity of dwarf palm, garlanded creepers, glossy undergrowth

Origin

Middle English: from Old French perplexite or late Latin perplexitas, from Latin perplexus 'entangled, confused' (see perplex).

单词	perplexity
释义	perplexity /pəˈplɛksɪti / noun (plural perplexities) [mass noun] 1Inability to deal with or understand something: she paused in perplexity... They gazed at her work with puzzled perplexity. Confusion and perplexity characterise the political establishment everywhere. The ambivalence from the clash of voices results in mental and emotional states of perplexity. Synonyms confusion, bewilderment, puzzlement, bafflement, incomprehension, lack of comprehension, mystification, bemusement, befuddlement; quandary, nonplus informal bamboozlement, discombobulation rare disconcertion, disconcertment 1.1 [count noun] (usually perplexities) A complicated or baffling situation or thing: the perplexities of international relations... Outside the train, the concert footage is mingled with modern-day interviews, much of them regarding the political perplexities at the time. The novel explores the meaning of enlightenment, and the perplexities of reconciling the ineffable and the everyday. Because the characters' moral perplexities are so carefully rendered throughout, they are captivating to the end. Synonyms complexity, complication, intricacy, problem, difficulty, dilemma, mystery, puzzle, enigma, paradox, obscurity; obfuscation 2 archaic An entangled state: the dense perplexity of dwarf palm, garlanded creepers, glossy undergrowth Origin Middle English: from Old French perplexite or late Latin perplexitas, from Latin perplexus 'entangled, confused' (see perplex). Rhymes complexity
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