Associations to the word «Perplexity»

Wiktionary

PERPLEXITY, noun. The state or quality of being perplexed; puzzled or confused.
PERPLEXITY, noun. Something that perplexes.
PERPLEXITY, noun. A measurement in information theory: see Perplexity.

Dictionary definition

PERPLEXITY, noun. Trouble or confusion resulting from complexity.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky