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MENTAL CONFUSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mental confusion mean? 

MENTAL CONFUSION (noun)
  The noun MENTAL CONFUSION has 1 sense:

1. a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behaviorplay

  Familiarity information: MENTAL CONFUSION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MENTAL CONFUSION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

confusedness; confusion; disarray; mental confusion; muddiness

Context example:

a confusion of impressions

Hypernyms ("mental confusion" is a kind of...):

cognitive state; state of mind (the state of a person's cognitive processes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mental confusion"):

disorientation (confusion (usually transient) about where you are and how to proceed; uncertainty as to direction)

distraction (mental turmoil)

daze; fog; haze (confusion characterized by lack of clarity)

half-cock (confusion resulting from lack of preparation)

jamais vu (the experience of being unfamiliar with a person or situation that is actually very familiar; associated with certain types of epilepsy)

bafflement; befuddlement; bemusement; bewilderment; mystification; obfuscation; puzzlement (confusion resulting from failure to understand)

perplexity (trouble or confusion resulting from complexity)


 Context examples 


Ingestion of benzidine causes cyanosis, headache, mental confusion, nausea and vomiting.

(Benzidine, NCI Thesaurus)



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