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perplexity

 noun
     
per‧plex‧i‧ty plural perplexities
1 [uncountable] the feeling of being confused or worried by something you cannot understand
2 [countable usually plural] something that is complicated or difficult to understand:
moral perplexities
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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