obfuscation

noun
/ˌɒb.fəˈskeɪ.ʃən/UK/ˌɑb.fəˈskeɪ.ʃən/US/ˌɒb.fəˈskeɪ.ʃən/CA/ˌɔb.fəˈskæɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English obfuscacioun, from Latin obfuscātiō, obfuscātiōnem, from obfuscāre (“to darken”), from ob (“over”) + fuscāre (“to make dark”), from fuscus (“dark”).

  1. derived from obfuscatio
  2. inherited from obfuscacioun

Definitions

  1. The act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something

    The act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something; the concept of concealing the meaning of a communication by making it more confusing and harder to interpret.

  2. Confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated, or made…

    Confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated, or made more opaque and muddled with the intent to obscure information.

  3. A single instance of intentionally obscuring the meaning of something to make it more…

    A single instance of intentionally obscuring the meaning of something to make it more difficult to grasp.

    • During the debate, the candidate sighed at his opponent's obfuscations.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for obfuscation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA