Confusion is what?

All words can be divided into simple and complex. The latter include terms whose etymology is incomprehensible at first glance. For example, many people fail before answering the question: "Confusion is what?" Let's understand.

What

In Ozhegov's explanatory dictionary it is clearly stated: "Confusion is confusion, unexpected disturbance of order or confusion". An authoritative scientific manual should be perceived as fundamental to explaining various terms.

In other dictionaries, you can read that confusion is some kind of perplexity, confusion, embarrassment and anxiety at the same time.

The manifestations of confusion are as follows:

1. The person has a surprised, pensive and confused face.
2. The person is pulling at things that are near at hand, scratches his head, looks at one point or to the side.

In the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Psychology and Pedagogy, a clear literary example of this state is given in the novel Crime and Punishment (F. Dostoyevsky), when the protagonist can not find a place, being confused.

Similar terms for meaning

The best way to deal with any term is to find out its synonyms. The words "confusion" are: confusion, confusion, confusion, inconvenience, embarrassment, confusion, confusion, embarrassment, puzzlement, embarrassment, shame, embarrassment, confusion, stupor, confusion, shame, panic.

Examples of confusion in the literature

1. Although the terrorists that stood by the fireplace were probably puzzled by surprise and were in some kind of stupor, one of them, a perfectly built man, still managed to get out of the stupor and now was aiming at Jacques, leading the barrels after For his dancing silhouette.
2. The prince, screwed up his eyes and looked back when he saw the real reason for the embarrassment that had happened, nodded indifferently, as if he had said: "Is it worth it to be foolish!"
3. Subsequent generations of him also supported the flame in the lamp and were perplexed at the sight of that girl in strange skirts, white shoes and with a bow on her head: it was difficult for them to combine what they saw with their ideas about grandmother.
4. She immediately turned around and left the room, and Christian, being completely confused, just followed her with a glance.
5. For so many minutes there was such a strange embarrassment that Justin could even be crushed.
6. We look: on the right, in meters about a hundred from us, "spirits", using our confusion, are bringing to the enemy recoilless weapons.

As you can see, the word "confusion" is first of all a stupor and surprise. This phenomenon, which can stop time for a few seconds for those who are in a similar state. What causes confusion? Some situation, the outcome of the event, a surprise - all that could not be assumed by us.