perplexity
noun
the state of being perplexed; confusion; uncertainty.
perplexities
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pluralof perplexity.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The performances, too, are more likenesses than full characterizations, which, admittedly, is wholly in keeping with the perplexities being dramatized.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2024
Sinnett’s deeply civilized call to rejoice in life’s rich diversity of perplexities is discordant with the tenor of dogmatism in academe.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2022
The paper focuses, as Kripke puts in, on “the perplexities some philosophers have felt concerning the simple first person pronoun ‘I’.”
From Scientific American ● Aug. 17, 2019
Stephenson carefully lays out the perplexities of this situation.
From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2019
He set down his loneliness and his perplexities, and he put on paper many things he did not know about himself.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
