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obfuscation
noun
(ob-fus-ca-tion)
confusion resulting from failure to understand
Synonyms:
bafflement
,
befuddlement
,
bemusement
,
bewilderment
,
mystification
,
puzzlement
,
obfuscation
noun
(ob-fus-ca-tion)
the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered
Synonyms:
mystification
,
obfuscation
noun
(ob-fus-ca-tion)
darkening or obscuring the sight of something
Words Related to
obfuscation
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mystification
,
bafflement
,
befuddlement
,
puzzlement
,
bewilderment
,
bemusement
,
muddle
,
confusion
,
obscuration
,
darkness
,
disarray
,
havoc
,
turmoil
,
cover-up
,
prevarication
,
subterfuge
,
doublespeak
,
mendacity
,
sophistry
,
deceit
,
duplicity
,
dissimulation
,
circumlocution
,
chicanery
,
falsehood
,
underhandedness
,
evasiveness
,
disinformation
,
misdirection
,
disingenuousness
,
deviousness
,
demagoguery
,
hypocrisy
,
untruth
,
dishonesty
,
ambiguity
,
opaqueness
,
gobbledygook
,
hyperbole
,
incompetence
,
ignorance
,
vagueness
,
incoherence
,
deceptiveness
,
dissembling
,
evasions
,
bafflegab
,
weasel words
,
deceptions
,
illogic
,
stonewalling
,
nefariousness
,
pedantry
,
semantics
,
doubletalk
,
sophistical
,
fuscation
,
speciousness
,
obtuseness
,
tendentiousness
,
prolixity
,
flummery
,
pusillanimity
,
disingenuity
,
cravenness
,
inanity
,
hackery
,
unaccountability
,
perfidy
,
tautologies
,
indirectness
,
doublethink
,
newspeak
,
bureaucratese
,
cajolery
,
insincerity
,
inexactitude
,
hairsplitting
,
secretiveness
,
dumbness
,
journalese
,
humbug
,
revisionism
,
verbiage
,
bamboozlement
,
buncombe
,
euphemisms
,
casuistry
,
sophistic
,
mumbo jumbo
,
insidiousness
,
obstructionism
,
opportunism
,
legalese
,
jargon
,
denial
,
incoherency
,
bloviation
,
innuendo
,
puffery
,
obfuscation
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