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What is the noun for perplexing?

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perplexity
  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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  5. Examples:
    1. “I'm talking about my own perplexity in dealing with a system that seems to stamp everything in sight as classified, secret, or confidential.”
      “I will claim that we academics cannot deal with this perplexity without interrogating our own situation in our own worlds from an ontological politics perspective.”
      “All they are trying to do is bring perplexity and division among the residents.”
perplexedness
  1. The quality of being perplexed; bafflement; confusion.
  2. (obsolete) The quality of being intricate, complicated or entangled.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The perplexedness on his face was evident as he tried to decipher the complex mathematical equation.”
      “She picked little strips of wood from the box, smiling in her perplexedness. He is my husband, she said, with the word that does not quite mean husband.”
perplexation
  1. (rare) The state of being perplexed; perplexity.
  2. (rare, obsolete) vexation; annoyance
  3. Examples:
    1. “This world is full of trouble! There can be no doubt of that. Nothing but bother and perplexation!”
perplexment
  1. The state of being perplexed; perplexity. [from 19th c.]
perplexion
  1. Condition or state of being perplexed; perplexity.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Her face showed a clear perplexion as she tried to solve the complex math problem.”
perplexiveness
  1. (obsolete) The quality of being perplexing; tendency to perplex.
perplexingness
perplection
  1. Rare spelling of perplexion.
perplexer
  1. One who perplexes.
perplexations
  1. plural of perplexation
perplexions
perplexities
  1. plural of perplexity
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  3. Examples:
    1. “People there appear much more occupied with the daily problem of survival than the perplexities of decommissioning.”
      “Our academic knowledge, whether material or religious, does not in any way help solve the perplexities of life.”
      “Because the characters' moral perplexities are so carefully rendered throughout, they are captivating to the end.”
perplexers
  1. plural of perplexer
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