Entanglement
[ɪn'tæŋg(ə)lm(ə)nt;en-] or [ɪn'tæŋɡlmənt]
Definition
(n.) State of being entangled; intricate and confused involution; that which entangles; intricacy; perplexity.
Typist: Mag
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Intricacy, involution, complication.[2]. Perplexity, embarrassment, confusion, bewilderment.
Typed by Erica
Examples
- For fresh attempts are now being made to release the Chinese mind from this ancient entanglement. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I long to exert a fraction of Samson's strength, and break the entanglement like tow! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The net is spread and the prey is near, Drive him into the entanglement. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- But the path of early reasoners is beset by thorny entanglements, and he will not proceed a step without first clearing the ground. Plato. The Republic.
- He had struggled through entanglements; his fortunes were in the way of retrieval; he proved himself in a position to marry. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Typist: Margery