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Meaning of confusionism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Any doctrine or philosophy that serves to confuse people.

uncountable

Equivalents

Français confusionnisme
Русский запутаи́зм

Examples

“Yet it is this very proliferation that has induced Stanley Fish to proclaim the imminent demise of theory, a demise whose most telling symptom is precisely the "noise" generated by theory. Commenting on and extending Fish's line of argument, Vincent Descombes argues that we have entered a phase of theoretical confusionism that makes it difficult to determine what theory is.”
“Let us not forget, moreover, that objectivism still boasts staunch defenders in contemporary thought, who typically level facile charges of confusionism or obtuseness against so called 'postmodern scepticism' […]”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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