confoundation

English

Etymology

From confound +‎ -ation.

Noun

confoundation (countable and uncountable, plural confoundations)

  1. Synonym of confoundment.
    • 1961, David Mann, Luther E. Woodward, Nathan Joseph, “The Empirical Study—Data Collection Problems and Methods”, in Educating Expectant Parents: Some Observations and Recommendations Based on a Research Study, New York, N.Y.: Visiting Nurse Service of New York, →LCCN, →OCLC, part 2, pages 113–114:
      Moreover, since responses to these items were found to be entirely unrelated to the respondents’ indices of social position, it is reasonable to conclude that they are not loaded by cultural sanctions. Thus, while no further information is available concerning other possible sources of confoundation, it is legitimate to assume on logical grounds that these items assess some aspect of self-assurance.
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