Plural of confusion
regular plural
The plural of confusion is confusions.
Forms of confusion
| Singular | confusion /kənˈfjuːʒən/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | confusions |
| Countable | usually uncountable |
Confusions in a sentence
- Only the feeblemindednesses, the confusions and most delirious states are predominantly disturbances of intellect.1968, Arthur Percy Noyes, Lawrence Coleman Kolb, Noyes' modern clinical psychiatry, page 102. From the entry feeblemindednesses
- The vague use of the English word 'witch-doctor' may be responsible for these confusions.1934, J[oseph] D[aniel] Unwin, “Notes and References”, in Sex and Culture, London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford, →OCLC, §…. From the entry isangoma
- Honest, honest, English is just a language of confusions.2020, Abi Daré, The Girl With The Louding Voice, Sceptre, page 187. From the entry english
- Noah, symptomatically, speaks of chaos, ‘madness and constant troubled confusions’.1998, A. Robert Lee, “Equilibrium Out of Their Chaos: Black Modernism, Black Postmodernism and Leon Forrest’s Witherspoon-Bloodworth…. From the entry counteringly
- Resulting confusion matrices were analyzed for significant confusions among consonants; these confusions were grouped into mutually exclusive classes termed visemes.1968 December, Cletus G. Fisher, “Confusions Among Visually Perceived Consonants”, in Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research…. From the entry viseme
Meaning of confusion
- noun A lack of clarity or order.
- noun The state of being confused; misunderstanding.
- noun The act of mistaking one thing for another or conflating distinct things.
Questions about the plural of confusion
- What is the plural of confusion?
- The plural of confusion is confusions.
- Is confusion countable?
- Confusion is usually an uncountable noun; its plural is used for kinds or examples of it.
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