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Obfuscation   /ˌɑbfəskˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Obfuscation

noun
1.
Confusion resulting from failure to understand.  Synonyms: bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification, puzzlement.
2.
The activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered.  Synonym: mystification.
3.
Darkening or obscuring the sight of something.





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"Obfuscation" Quotes from Famous Books



... In the obfuscation of his "sivin" senses, the young Irishman may have scarcely understood what was passing around him. It was too clear to his companions,—clear as a catastrophe could be to ...
— The Boy Slaves • Mayne Reid


Words linked to "Obfuscation" :   disarray, mental confusion, blackening, confusedness, obfuscate, activity, muddiness, confusion, darkening, befuddlement


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