confounding
noun C2- The act by which things are confounded, or confused.
- The process by which an apparent association between an exposure and an outcome is actually explained by another factor.
Plural confoundings
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“Speaking professionally, it was admirably done,” cried I, looking in amazement at this man who was forever confounding me with some new phase of his astuteness.
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