Synonyms for confounding
con·found·ing

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1. confounding, contradictoryadjective

   that confounds or contradicts or confuses

   Synonyms:
   mutually exclusive, conflicting, contradictory, at odds(p), self-contradictory

   Antonyms:
   supportive

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1. List of paraphrases for "confounding":

   confusion, confusing

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How to use confounding in a sentence?

1. Mike Reilly:

   There’s a whole other conversation about ethnic beauty and a similar discussion about what makes a male attractive, so we wanted to avoid those confounding variables.

2. Anuja Dokras:

   We need to get this information now that( Covid-19 has) lasted a full year, it's affecting so many people that it would be good to look back at this literature and just sort it out because these are confounding factors.

3. Teresa Senserrick:

   I think there is confounding here and I do not view this as clear evidence of a link between gaming and taking risks when actually driving on-road.

4. Kathy Trieu:

   They were controlled for in the statistical analyses, however, residual confounding can not be ruled out. The data reported are for associations, however, associations can not establish causality.

5. De Neve:

   Work-life balance, job variety and the level of autonomy are other significant drivers, there is a clear distinction in happiness between white and blue collar jobs with managers or professionals evaluating the quality of their lives at a much higher level than those in manual labor jobs even controlling for any possible confounding factors.