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The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art's audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public.
Paul Gauguin

Meaning of "bafflement" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BAFFLEMENT

bafflement  [ˈbæfəlmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BAFFLEMENT

noun
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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bafflement is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BAFFLEMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bafflement in the English dictionary

The definition of bafflement in the dictionary is lack of understanding; puzzlement.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BAFFLEMENT


accouplement
əˈkʌpəlmənt
battlement
ˈbætəlmənt
befuddlement
bɪˈfʌdəlmənt
devilment
ˈdɛvəlmənt
disablement
dɪˈseɪb əlmənt
disembowelment
ˌdɪsɪmˈbaʊəlmənt
disentanglement
ˌdɪsɪnˈtæŋɡ əlmənt
dismantlement
dɪsˈmæntəlmənt
embezzlement
ɪmˈbɛz əlmənt
embrittlement
ɪmˈbrɪtəlmənt
enablement
ɪnˈeɪb əlmənt
ennoblement
ɪnˈnəʊb əlmənt
entablement
ɪnˈteɪbəlmənt
entanglement
ɪnˈtæŋɡəlmənt
entitlement
ɪnˈtaɪt əlmənt
puzzlement
ˈpʌzəlmənt
redoublement
ˌriːˈdʌbəlmənt
resettlement
riːˈsɛtəlmənt
settlement
ˈsɛtəlmənt
tremblement
ˈtrɛmbəlmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BAFFLEMENT

baff
baffies
Baffin
Baffin Bay
Baffin Island
baffle
baffle board
baffle plate
baffled
bafflegab
baffler
baffling
bafflingly
baffy
baft
BAFTA
bag
bag and baggage
bag lady
bag moth

WORDS THAT END LIKE BAFFLEMENT

advertisement
agreement
announcement
apartment
arrangement
basement
element
enforcement
engagement
implement
improvement
infringement
management
measurement
movement
placement
replacement
requirement
retirement
statement
supplement

Synonyms and antonyms of bafflement in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «bafflement» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BAFFLEMENT

Find out the translation of bafflement to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bafflement from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bafflement» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

困惑
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desconcierto
570 millions of speakers

English

bafflement
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

bafflement
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحيرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

озадаченности
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

perplexidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিহ্বলাবস্থা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

perplexité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pemadaman
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Verblüffung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

困惑
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

당혹
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bafflement
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bối rối
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

bafflement
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गोंधळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bafflement
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bafflement
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

konsternacja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

здивованості
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bafflement
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πολιορκητών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verbasing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bafflement
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bafflement
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bafflement

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BAFFLEMENT»

The term «bafflement» is regularly used and occupies the 91.405 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bafflement

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QUOTES WITH «BAFFLEMENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bafflement.
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Paul Gauguin
The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art's audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BAFFLEMENT»

Discover the use of bafflement in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bafflement and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Serious Play: Modern Clown Performance
He also recognizes the importance of what he identifies as bafflement. Just as we each have our own clown, we each have our own state of bafflement which Wright suggests is vital for the simple clown. Potentially, a state of bafflement is a  ...
Louise Peacock, 2009
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Consciousness and Qualia
the bafflement would not open a door onto a deep metaphysical problem; it would simply be a case of one's getting caught in a trap one set oneself. But we avoided this trivialization of the bafflement by introducing the notion of qualia in a  ...
Leopold Stubenberg, 1998
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BAMS: The Essential Guide to Becoming a Master Student
Critical. Thinking. Experiment. 2. Discover. the. joy. of. bafflement. THE POET WENDELL BERRY wrote about confusion as an opportunity to learn: “When we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work, and when we no longer ...
Dave Ellis, 2009
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Thinking How to Live
It must be bafflement of a kind that is specially conceptual. Not that we need recognize it as such; Moore's taxonomies might be tenable even if we couldn't tell drawing a conceptual blank from drawing any other kind of blank. A theory of ...
Allan GIBBARD, Allan Gibbard, 2009
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This Life, This Death: Wordsworth's Poetic Destiny
... Poetic Destiny John O'Meara. this decision some four years later, however, one can only wonder what effect a long period of bafflement and thwarted impulse would have had in the meantime on Wordsworth's creative possibilities.
John O'Meara, 2011
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The Grotesque in Art and Literature: Theological Reflections
Three aspects of this paradox are important in weighing its impact upon us: bafflement, mystery, and creativity. Each gives witness to the limits and possibilities of our finitude and our relationship to creation. Bafflement One of the major human ...
James Luther Adams, Wilson Yates, Robert Penn Warren, 1997
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Language and Religion: A Journey into the Human Mind
Ultimate bafflement In the rational explanation of nature, there are boundaries which appear to be at the ends of inferential series. Singularities, as proposed for the Big Bang or black holes, show that a representational boundary has been ...
William Downes, 2010
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Difference: Reading with Barbara Johnson
See also Johnson's use of "bafflement." The Hake of Decon- struction uses the phrase "language as bafflement" as a shorthand for deconstructive reading (in contradistinction to "language as politics" [46], shorthand for political critique, identity ...
Naomi Schor, Elizabeth Weed, Ellen Rooney, 2006
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Bedlam at the Brickyard: 15 Stories of Bedlam, Bafflement ...
A collection of 15 stories by some of today's best emerging mystery writers revolves around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's 400-mile stock-car race and the festivities that surround it. Original.
Brenda Robertson Stewart, Wanda Lou Willis, M. B. Dabney, 2010
10
On Nature and the Goddess
John O'Meara. this decision some four years later, however, one can only wonder what effect a long period of bafflement and thwarted impulse would have had in the meantime on Wordsworth's creative possibilities.
John O'Meara, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BAFFLEMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bafflement is used in the context of the following news items.
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Greek referendum: what the British national newspapers say
Several of the newspapers also convey the sense of bafflement at what happens next: “Europe faces crisis after gambling Greeks say No” (The ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
16 Weirdest Horror Films You've Never Seen
Watch them with an equal sense of amazement and sheer bafflement – cinema doesn't get any weirder than this. A spoiler alert is in full effect. «WhatCulture, Jul 15»
3
Maric, Baguley banned but Schulz gets off
Richmond 400-gamer Kevin Bartlett said the decision was a joke, while former Hawthorn hard man Leigh Matthews showed his bafflement. «SBS, Jul 15»
4
Young men traverse Vietnam to pool LGBT stories
To the bafflement of their families and friends, a number of gays marry poorly-educated girls in remote, border areas. “Such men are partly to ... «Tuoitrenews, Jul 15»
5
Chile win Copa América after beating Argentina on penalties – as it …
Otamendi comes through Valdivia and the Chile playmaker has a look of part hurt, part bafflement, and part disgust at the lack of a caution. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Reddit revolts: subforums shut down in protest over AMA co …
In a post on CenturyClub – another subforum that has since gone private in protest – Taylor herself expressed bafflement at her dismissal, ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
7
Early photography by Linnaeus Tripe on show at the V&A
However, much to the bafflement of British historians of photography, it never found a UK venue. One of the great stars of that exhibition was the ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
8
Isis are barbarians – but the Caliphate is an ancient Muslim ideal
The bafflement strikes me as absurd. What is the mystery? When my lame attempt at humour in Al Azhar fell flat I realised that certain ideas had ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
9
Kilwinning's Girobabies return to North Ayrshire for Kelburn Garden …
“I think we were met with a healthy mixture of joy, bafflement and a little bit of fear. “I'm sure ourselves and Loki will definitely work together in ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jul 15»
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English votes for English laws has made the the SNP unhappy in …
Mr Heaton-Harris peered at this agitated hen with genuine bafflement. SNP frontbencher Pete Wishart shot several feet over the top, describing ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

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