perplexity
UK/pəˈplɛksɪti//pəɹˈplɛksəti/
perplexity noun: the state or quality of being perplexed.
Noun
perplexity (countable and uncountable, plural perplexities)
- 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...
- Synonyms:
- puzzlement, bewilderment, confusion
- 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
- A measure of the accuracy with which a probability distribution or model predicts a sample.
perplexity meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
perplexity in Hindi
- perplexity, worry, difficulty, trouble
- आल-जंजाल āl-jañjāl
- perplexity, confusion
- घबराहट ghabrāhaṭ
perplexity in Tamil
- மனக்கலக்கம், கலக்கம், மனக்குழப்பம், திகைப்பு, தடுமாற்றம், தயக்கம்
perplexity in Marathi
- perplexity, trouble
- विचार vicār
perplexity in Urdu
- perplexity; consternation
- حیرت hairat
More languagesFewer languages
- perplexity in Malayalam
- വ്യാകുലത vyākulata, മുട്ട് muṭṭŭ
- perplexity in Kannada
- ಮಯ್ಮೆ, ಮಯಮು, ಕುಳ, ತತ್ತರ
- perplexity in Sanskrit
- लोभ lobha
- perplexity in Persian
- سرگشتگی sargaštegi
Synonyms of perplexity
Forms of perplexity
| plural | perplexities |
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Origin of perplexity
From Middle English perplexite, borrowed from Middle French perplexité or post-classical Latin perplexitās, from perplexus (“entangled”). By surface analysis, perplex + -ity.
Questions about perplexity
- What does perplexity mean?
- Perplexity means the state or quality of being perplexed.
- What is perplexity in Hindi?
- Perplexity in Hindi is आल-जंजाल (āl-jañjāl), घबराहट (ghabrāhaṭ). See Perplexity meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is perplexity?
- Perplexity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce perplexity?
- Perplexity is pronounced /pəˈplɛksɪti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of perplexity?
- The plural of perplexity is perplexities.
Words near perplexity in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: perplexity (page history and authors); आल-जंजाल (Hindi) (page history and authors); perplexity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); विचार (Marathi) (page history and authors); حیرت (Urdu) (page history and authors); മുട്ട് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); perplexity (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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