Meaning of MYSTIFICATION
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- [n] the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered
- [n] something designed to mystify or bewilder
- [n] confusion resulting from failure to understand
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| | Synonyms: | | bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, obfuscation, obfuscation, puzzlement |
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| | See Also: | | activity, artefact, artifact, confusion, disarray, mental confusion | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Mys`ti*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. mystification.]
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.
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