Deconfusion

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A statistical technique, similar to independent component analysis, for separating correlated data.

    "The current deconfusion approach operates on some given premises."

  2. 2
    A stage of transactional analysis that consists in shedding light on repressed needs and feelings from an earlier child ego state.

    "If we are using Berne's principle that decontamination precedes deconfusion, the process of resolution (treatment direction) of associated script decisions can be considered to run parallel to this, but running in the opposite direction."

  3. 3
    The process of reducing or eliminating confusion; clarification.

    "I have great personal respect for both, but if the testimony presented this committee last week is an example of deconfusion, Congress might well spare the American consumer that bargain."

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"The current deconfusion approach operates on some given premises."

Etymology

From de- + confusion.

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