- confusion, mental confusion, confusedness, disarray - a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior; "a confusion of impressions"
--1 is a kind of cognitive state, state of mind
--1 has particulars:disorientation; distraction; daze, fog, haze; half-cock; jamais vu; bewilderment, obfuscation, puzzlement, befuddlement, mystification, bafflement, bemusement; perplexity