deconfusion

English

Etymology

de- +‎ confusion

Noun

deconfusion

1. (mathematics) A statistical technique, similar to independent component analysis, for separating correlated data.
   • 2004, Dragos Datcu, L.J.M. Rothkrantz, AIBO Robot as a soccer and rescue game player:

     The current deconfusion approach operates on some given premises.

   • 2011 June, David Jäckel, Jan Müller, Muhammad Usman Khalid, Urs Frey, Doublas Bakkum, Andreas Hierlemann, “High-density microelectrode array system and optimal filtering for closed-loop experiments”, in Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference:

     The OF coefficients are calculated, and the deconfusion parameters are derived.

   • 2016, R.A.A. Bowler, J.S. Dunlop, R.J. McLure, D.J. McLeod, “Unveiling the nature of bright z ~ 7 galaxies with the Hubble Space Telescope”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     A deconfusion analysis of the deep Spitzer photometry available suggests that these galaxies exhibit strong rest-frame optical nebular emission lines (EW_0(H_beta + [OIII]) > 600A).

2. (psychology) A stage of transactional analysis that consists in shedding light on repressed needs and feelings from an earlier child ego state.
   • 2009, Mark Widdowson, Transactional Analysis: 100 Key Points and Techniques, →ISBN, page 275:

     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.

   • 2012, Michele Novellino, The Transactional Analyst in Action: Clinical Seminars, →ISBN, page 144:

     The methodology for deconfusion consists of an analysis of the domains of transference together with the therapist's use of emphatic transaction... The aim of deconfusion is the transformation of unconscious processes such as archaic, domrant and conflicted aspects of self, into a more conscious, vibrant and mature dynamic.

   • 2013, Petruska Clarkson, Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy: An Integrated Approach, →ISBN:

     These are signs that decontamination has taken place but deconfusion has not yet been established.

3. The process of reducing or eliminating confusion; clarification.
   • 1966, United States Congress House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Hearings, page 278:

     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.

   • 1988, Lillian Comas-Díaz, Ezra E. H. Griffith, Clinical guidelines in cross-cultural mental health, page 330:

     The simple task of cultural deconfusion through cultural self-reorientation is to repudiate the pseudo-negative and truly negative aspects of one's identity.

   • 1993, Rosemary Schmalz, "Out of the mouths of mathematicians": a quotation book for philomaths:

     Very often these moments seem to arise on waking up; but probably this really means that sometime during the night I have undergone the process of deconfusion which is necessary to establish my ideas.