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Noun: obfuscation  ,ób-fús'key-shun
  1. Confusion resulting from failure to understand
    - bewilderment, puzzlement, befuddlement, mystification, bafflement, bemusement
     
  2. The activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered
    - mystification
     
  3. Darkening or obscuring the sight of something

Derived forms: obfuscations

Type of: activity, blackening, confusedness, confusion, darkening, disarray, mental confusion, muddiness

Encyclopedia: Obfuscation