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confusion

Noun

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The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult.

The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame.

Overthrow; defeat; ruin.

One who confuses; a confounder.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things. Isaac Newton

Just as the winds whip up the sea, so does anger stir confusion in the mind. John Climacus

Perfection of means and confusion of goals seemin my opinionto characterize our age. Albert Einstein

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

Confusion is a chicken with shattered eyes. Thai Proverb

Seven is company, and nine confusion. Spanish Proverb

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