Year of Confusion

noun

1. (in ancient Rome) the year of 445 days preceding the introduction, in 46 b.c., of the Julian calendar: lengthened to compensate for the cumulative errors of the Roman calendar.

Example Sentences

In early 2018, after a year of confusion over why Donald Trump had been elected, Clemson sociologist Andrew Whitehead and two colleagues provided compelling evidence — which I wrote about here — that "voting for Trump was, at least for many Americans, a symbolic defense of the United States' perceived Christian heritage."

From Salon

"Failure to agree on a common spending cap for FY 2015 will guarantee another year of confusion," the Appropriations Committee members wrote.

From Reuters

This very useful despot determined to take the matter in his own hands, and make a thorough reform; but, as a preliminary, was obliged to have an extraordinary year of 445 days, which was called the year of confusion.

From Project Gutenberg

There was, therefore, a year of fifteen months divided into 445 days, and this was called the year of confusion.

From Project Gutenberg

Hence it was called by some the year of confusion; Macrobius said it should be named the last year of confusion.

From Project Gutenberg