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Obfuscation

noun

Confusion resulting from failure to understand. Synonyms: bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification, puzzlement.

The activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered. Synonym: mystification.

Darkening or obscuring the sight of something.

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"Obfuscation" Quotes from Famous Books

... consent, Universa enim hujus affectus causa ab utero pendet, et a sanguinis menstrui malitia, for in a word, the whole malady proceeds from that inflammation, putridity, black smoky vapours, &c., from thence comes care, sorrow, and anxiety, obfuscation of spirits, agony, desperation, and the like, which are intended or remitted; si amatorius accesserit ardor, or any other violent object or perturbation of mind. This melancholy may happen to widows, ...

— The Anatomy of Melancholy • Democritus Junior

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