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perplexities

perplexities is the plural of perplexity.

Meaning of perplexity

Noun

perplexity (countable and uncountable, plural perplexities)

  1. 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...
  2. 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
  3. A measure of the accuracy with which a probability distribution or model predicts a sample.

Questions about perplexities

What is perplexities the plural of?
Perplexities is the plural of perplexity.

Words near perplexities in the dictionary

  1. perplexing
  2. perplexingly
  3. perplexingness
  4. perplexion
  5. perplexions
  6. perplexities
  7. perplexity
  8. perplexiveness
  9. perplexly
  10. perplexment
  11. perplext

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