obfuscation
nounEtymology
From Middle English obfuscacioun, from Latin obfuscātiō, obfuscātiōnem, from obfuscāre (“to darken”), from ob (“over”) + fuscāre (“to make dark”), from fuscus (“dark”).
- derived from obfuscatio
- inherited from obfuscacioun
Definitions
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.
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.
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
- neighborobfuscate
- neighborobfuscatory
Derived
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