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" Painters, especially American painters since the Second World War, have been much more troubled, beset by formal perplexity, than American writers. They've been a laboratory for everybody."
Donald Barthelme

Meaning of "perplexity" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF PERPLEXITY

pəˈplɛksɪtɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERPLEXITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Perplexity 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 PERPLEXITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Perplexity

In information theory, perplexity is a measurement of how well a probability distribution or probability model predicts a sample. It may be used to compare probability models.

Definition of perplexity in the English dictionary

The first definition of perplexity in the dictionary is the state of being perplexed. Other definition of perplexity is the state of being intricate or complicated. Perplexity is also something that perplexes.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERPLEXITY

biconvexity · capacity · city · complexity · convexity · curiosity · density · diversity · duplexity · electricity · ethnicity · fixity · intensity · laxity · prolixity · siccity · simplicity · unfixity · university · velocity

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERPLEXITY

perpetualist · perpetuality · perpetually · perpetuance · perpetuate · perpetuation · perpetuator · perpetuities · perpetuity · perphenazine · Perpignan · perplex · perplexed · perplexedly · perplexedness · perplexer · perplexing · perplexingly · perplexities · perquisite

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERPLEXITY

ability · activity · authority · availability · celebrity · community · facility · functionality · hospitality · humanity · humidity · identity · in the majority · majority · minority · New York City · opportunity · quality · quantity · reality

Synonyms and antonyms of perplexity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PERPLEXITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «perplexity» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «perplexity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PERPLEXITY

Find out the translation of perplexity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of perplexity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «perplexity» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

困惑
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

perplejidad
570 millions of speakers
en

English

perplexity
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

विकलता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحيرة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

растерянность
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

perplexidade
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

আবেশ
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

perplexité
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Kebingungan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Verwirrung
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

当惑
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

당황
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Bingung
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự lộn xộn
80 millions of speakers
ta

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குழப்பத்தோடு
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

गोंधळ
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

şaşkınlık
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

perplessità
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

zakłopotanie
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

розгубленість
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

perplexitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αμηχανία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

radeloosheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

perplexity
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forvirring
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of perplexity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERPLEXITY»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of perplexity
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «perplexity».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about perplexity

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7 QUOTES WITH «PERPLEXITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word perplexity.
1
Hannah Arendt
Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical evil; but only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core.
2
Donald Barthelme
Painters, especially American painters since the Second World War, have been much more troubled, beset by formal perplexity, than American writers. They've been a laboratory for everybody.
3
Brian Greene
The tantalizing discomfort of perplexity is what inspires otherwise ordinary men and women to extraordinary feats of ingenuity and creativity; nothing quite focuses the mind like dissonant details awaiting harmonious resolution.
4
Ellen Gustafson
As an anti-hunger advocate, I found the perplexity of the obesity problem and the hunger problem existing side-by-side in our increasingly global food system begged further investigation.
5
Jose Saramago
I never appreciated 'positive heroes' in literature. They are almost always cliches, copies of copies, until the model is exhausted. I prefer perplexity, doubt, uncertainty, not just because it provides a more 'productive' literary raw material, but because that is the way we humans really are.
6
Hudson Taylor
Christians often get into perplexity about worldly allurements by asking, 'Where is the sin of this, or the danger of that?' There may be danger that the questioner cannot see: Satan's baits often skillfully conceal a sharp hook; but supposing that the thing be harmless, it does not follow that it would be pleasing to God or spiritually helpful.
7
Ellen G. White
If Christians will obey the instructions given to them by Christ and his inspired apostles, they will adorn the religion of the Bible, and save themselves much perplexity and severe trials, which they attribute to their afflictions in consequence of believing unpopular truth.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERPLEXITY»

Discover the use of perplexity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to perplexity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Perplexity and Ultimacy: Metaphysical Thoughts from the Middle
Desmond explores perplexity regarding ultimacy--the metaphysical perplexity that precedes and exceeds scientific and commonsense curiosity.
William Desmond, 1995
2
International Law at a Time of Perplexity: Essays in Honour ...
In the meantime, the articles of Part One, now concentrated for the first time in a single volume, are the major starting point for this work. This volume will be of great value to practitioners, teachers & students of international law.
Yôrām Dinšṭein, Mala Tabory, 1989
3
Pain, Perplexity and Promotion: A Prophetic Interpretation ...
This may well be the most practical, inspiring book on Job you'll ever read. The book of Job comes alive, portraying Job's spiritual journey as a template for those who are in God's refining fires in this hour.
Bob Sorge, 1999
4
Seeking God's Face: Faith in an Age of Perplexity
Describes faith as a spacious landscape in which one can breathe freely, engaging the rich imagery of the Bible to help the individuals breathe freely and find orientation without feeling imprisoned. Original.
Notto R. Thelle, 2008
5
Perplexity
This varied collection includes material that gives readers a 19th century view of the world.
Sydney Mostyn, 2011
6
The Perplexity of Hariya Hercules
After Hariya's exit from the scene, the story of his journey, his motives and his perplexity becomes communal property and soon there are as many versions as there are people.
Manohara Śyāma Jośī, 2009
7
Socratic Perplexity: And the Nature of Philosophy
Gareth Matthews suggests that we can better understand the nature of philosophical inquiry if we recognize the central role played by perplexity.
Gareth B. Matthews, 2003
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Handbook of Standards and Resources for Spoken Language Systems
3.3 Perplexity definition 3.3.1 Formal definition Strictly speaking, to evaluate the quality of a stochastic language model, we would have to run a whole recognition experiment. However, as a first approximation, we can separate the two types of ...
Dafydd Gibbon, Roger Moore, Richard Winski, 1998
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Perplexity, by Sydney Mostyn
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
William Clark Russell, 2010
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Perplexity in the Moral Life: Philosophical and Theological ...
By implication it would seem that, in the realist view, situations of moral perplexity never could be construed as genuinely dilemmatic, for to assume that they could be would be to assume that the moral reality captured by dilemmatic judgments ...
Edmund N. Santurri, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERPLEXITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term perplexity is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Can You Solve Isaac Newton's Tree Puzzle?
Tree-planting puzzles, which are also known as “points and lines” puzzles, “have always been a matter of great perplexity,” English author and ... «io9, Jul 15»
2
Author says time has come for peace walls to come down
... in particular through uncomfortable, edgy conversations among diverse agents, conversations which are often informal and cause perplexity, ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
3
Why Bengaluru pub chain Pecos' plan to take the IPO route has …
News of the IPO had aroused curiosity and perplexity in equal measure why was a local chain of four pubs, known for classic rock and cheap ... «ET Retail, Jul 15»
4
How to think about Islamic State
... State (Isis) in Mosul last year, and the continuing failure to stem its expansion or check its appeal, is the clearest sign of a general perplexity, ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
5
The History Of Evil – Planned Parenthood Writes A New Page
“And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the ... «Western Journalism, Jul 15»
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Middle Israel: The Obama years
Nor will the Obama years, an era that arrived amid great euphoria that soon gave way to perplexity and, in due course, to widespread alarm. «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
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Plato's Cratylus: The Comedy of Language by SM Ewegen
... of perplexity at the end, with nothing settled. The Cratylus is one of the most enigmatic of these dialogues, not least because we sense that for much of the time ... «Philosophy Now, Jul 15»
8
Foreword to The Frankfurt School, Postmodernism and the Politics of …
“In the historically privileged countries,” he wrote, “...all of capital's traditional parties are in a state of perplexity bordering on a paralysis of will. «World Socialist Web Site, Jul 15»
9
TV Review: 'Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell' - "The Black Tower"
... sounds create an eerie atmosphere before the ravens break Norrell's mirrors, heightened by Eddie Marsan's looks of perplexity and horror. «Blogcritics, Jul 15»
10
Tribal massacre victims forced to negotiate with IS
... a common accusation among those from the area, and expressed perplexity as to why the Kurdish militias enjoyed such strong support from ... «Al-Monitor, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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