Perplexity is a feeling of being confused.
(noun)An example of perplexity is when you are not able to complete a complicated math problem.
See perplexity in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME perplexite < MFr perplexité < LL perplexitas
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noun pl. per·plex·i·ties
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