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What does perplexity mean?

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Noun
  1. The state or quality of being perplexed; puzzled or confused.
  2. Something that perplexes.
  3. A measurement in information theory: see Perplexity.
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The sensory overload of such prose inspires perplexity and gives little assurance on rereading.
All they are trying to do is bring perplexity and division among the residents.
The true perplexity of it came clear several days later, when we were driving back from a two-day sidetrip to Waterton National Park.
The entire film is reduced to an unsatisfying gimmick, and one is left somewhere between perplexity and infuriation.
We may come in love and sympathy, perhaps with perplexity or even anger, but we come to share and for a time of quiet reflection.
I pointed that out to her and watched her face change from its look of indignant perplexity to a very sad and hurt confusion.

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