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Perplexity is a feeling of being confused.

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An example of perplexity is when you are not able to complete a complicated math problem.

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See perplexity in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the condition of being perplexed; bewilderment; confusion
pl. perplexities something that perplexes
something that is perplexed, or complicated

Origin: ME perplexite < MFr perplexité < LL perplexitas

See perplexity in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. per·plex·i·ties

The state of being perplexed or puzzled.
The state of being intricate or complicated: “the perplexity of life in twentieth-century America” (Daniel J. Boorstin).
Something that perplexes.

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