begrebsforvirring

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Danish

Etymology

From begreb (concept) +‎ -s- +‎ forvirring (confusion). Compare German Begriffsverwirrung.

Pronunciation

Noun

begrebsforvirring c (singular definite begrebsforvirringen, plural indefinite begrebsforvirringer)

  1. a situation in which communication is hindered by imprecise terminology
    • 2013, Henning Kirk, Med hjernen i behold, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
      Betegnelsen ældre forbindes i dag ofte med personer der har brug for hjælp. Vi bevæger os her ind på et område der er omgærdet med begrebsforvirringer og misbrug af kategorier mv.
      The designation of elderly is, today, often associated with persons in need of help. Here, we move into an area fraught with, amongst other things, concept confusion and abuse of categories.
    • 2010, Asger Sørensen, Om videnskabelig viden--gier, ikker og ismer, Samfundslitteratur, →ISBN, page 416:
      Ryle betragter filosofiens opgave som bl.a. at opløse de begrebsforvirringer, der stammer fra forveksling af sætningers grammatiske og logiske form.
      Ryle considers one of the tasks of philosophy to be sorting out the concept confusions that arise from conflation of the grammatical and logical forms of sentences.
    • 2016, Tom Kristensen, Mellem Krigene, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
      Samtidig med Begrebsforvirringen fulgte den voldsomme Slitage, som Arbejdet ved Avis og Presse betyder for Lyrik. Forbindelsen mellem Pressen og den moderne Digtning var i og for sig ikke unaturlig.
      Along with the concept confusion followed the massive wear that working by the newspaper and the press means for poetry. The connection between the press and the modern poetry-making was not, in and of itself, unnatural.

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