mystification Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun confusion resulting from failure to understand
puzzlement; bemusement; bewilderment; befuddlement; bafflement; obfuscation.
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noun something designed to mystify or bewilder
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noun the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered
obfuscation.
WordNet
Mys`ti*fi*ca"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F.Definitions
The act of mystifying, or the state of being mystied; also, something designed to, or that does, mystify. The reply of Pope seems very much as though he had been playing off a mystification on his Grace. De Quincey.
